Re: sendmail - worried illegal chars

Use Email::Valid for this:

use warnings;
use strict;

use Email::Valid;

my $from_email = 'stevieb <steveb@cpan.org>';

if (! Email::Valid->address($from_email)){
    die "that ain't a valid email address!\n";
}

...;
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Re^2: sendmail - worried illegal chars by atcroft (Abbot) on Apr 05, 2016 at 21:13 UTC
stevieb, I got an error trying to reach that link. Perhaps this link for Email::Valid instead? Hope that helps.	[reply]
Re^3: sendmail - worried illegal chars by choroba (Cardinal) on Apr 05, 2016 at 21:57 UTC
`[mod://Email::Valid]` → Email::Valid or `[metamod://Email::Valid]` → Email::Valid ($q=q:Sq=~/;[c](.)(.)/;chr(-\|\|-\|5+lengthSq)`"S\|oS2"`map{chr \|+ord }map{substrSq`S_+\|`\|}3E\|-\|`7**2-3:)=~y+S\|`+$1,++print+eval$q,q,a, [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: sendmail - worried illegal chars by stevieb (Canon) on Apr 05, 2016 at 22:33 UTC
Thanks for the heads-up guys!	[reply]