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From: Robert Uhl on 8 Mar 2010 21:47
ccc31807 <cartercc(a)gmail.com> writes:

> On Mar 1, 12:14 pm, Ron Garret <rNOSPA...(a)flownet.com> wrote:
>> It detects valid email addresses.
>
> Which is over-kill for a common problem.
>
> Personally, I use something like /[\w.-]+@[\w]+\.[\w]{2,4}/
> which matches as follows:
> - at least one alphanumeric character, dot, or dash
> - exactly one "@"
> - at least one alphanumeric character
> - exactly one "."
> - from two to four alphanumeric characters
> and fits into the category of "good enough"

No, no, no, no! It fails to match '+' in the username, and is hence
beyond evil.

Plus, of course, it doesn't match the RFC-specified possibilities and is
hence uncompliant.

--
Robert A. Uhl
To be born British is to win first prize in the lottery of life.
--Cecil Rhodes
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