Validating Email

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(ar0n: Email::Valid) Re: Validating Email by ar0n (Priest) on Dec 05, 2001 at 18:02 UTC
Check out Email::Valid on CPAN or see the search results for email validate for more discussion on this topic. `use Email::Valid; print "'$email' is ", Email::Valid->address($email) ? "valid" : "inval +id";` [download] [ ar0n -- want job (boston) ]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Validating Email by Beatnik (Parson) on Dec 05, 2001 at 19:49 UTC
Abigail wrote RFC::RFC822::Address, a RFC 822 style address validating module using Parse::RecDescent. Greetz Beatnik ... Quidquid perl dictum sit, altum viditur.	[reply]
Re: Validating Email by runrig (Abbot) on Dec 05, 2001 at 22:06 UTC
There's a FAQ of questionable helpfulness on this that turns up with 'perldoc -q address': How do I check a valid mail address?.	[reply]
Re: Validating Email by RedDog (Pilgrim) on Dec 06, 2001 at 08:42 UTC
Some searching turned up this interesting node. ...We will have peace, when you and all your works have perished -- and the works of your dark master to whom you would deliver us. You are a liar, Saruman, and a corrupter of men's hearts. -- Theoden in The Two Towers --	[reply]