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Title	Test Find eMail Search Pattern
Expression	^([_a-zA-Z0-9-]+\.[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\@((([a-zA-Z0-9-]{2,255})\.(ad\|ae\|af\|ag\|ai\|al\|am\|an\|ao\|aq\|ar\|as\|at\|au\|aw\|az\|ba\|bb\|bd\|be\|bf\|bg\|bh\|bi\|bj\|bm\|bn\|bo\|br\|bs\|bt\|bv\|bw\|by\|bz\|ca\|cc\|cf\|cg\|ch\|ci\|ck\|cl\|cm\|cn\|co\|cr\|cu\|cv\|cx\|cy\|cz\|de\|di\|dk\|dm\|do\|dz\|ec\|ee\|eg\|eh\|er\|es\|et\|fi\|fj\|fk\|fm\|fo\|fr\|ga\|gb\|gd\|ge\|gf\|gh\|gi\|gl\|gm\|gn\|gp\|gq\|gr\|gs\|gt\|gu\|gw\|gy\|hk\|hm\|hn\|hr\|ht\|hu\|id\|ie\|il\|in\|io\|iq\|ir\|is\|it\|jo\|jm\|jp\|ke\|kg\|kh\|ki\|km\|kn\|kp\|kr\|kw\|ky\|kz\|la\|lb\|lc\|li\|lk\|lr\|ls\|lt\|lu\|lv\|ly\|ma\|mc\|md\|mg\|mh\|mk\|ml\|mm\|mn\|mo\|mp\|mq\|mr\|ms\|mt\|mu\|mv\|mw\|mx\|my\|mz\|an\|nc\|ne\|nf\|ng\|ni\|nl\|no\|np\|nr\|nt\|nu\|nz\|om\|pa\|pe\|pf\|pg\|ph\|pk\|pl\|pm\|pn\|pr\|pt\|pw\|py\|qa\|re\|ro\|ru\|rw\|sa\|sb\|sc\|sd\|se\|sq\|sh\|si\|sj\|sk\|sl\|sm\|sn\|so\|sr\|st\|su\|sv\|sy\|sz\|tc\|td\|tf\|tg\|th\|tj\|tk\|tm\|tn\|to\|tp\|tr\|tt\|tv\|tw\|tz\|ua\|ug\|uk\|um\|us\|uy\|uz\|va\|vc\|ve\|vg\|vi\|vn\|vu\|wf\|ws\|ye\|yt\|yu\|za\|zm\|zr\|zw\|arpa\|arts\|biz\|com\|edu\|firm\|gov\|info\|int\|mil\|nato\|net\|nom\|org\|rec\|store\|web))\|((25[0-5]\|2[0-4][0-9]\|[0-1]{1}[0-9]{2}\|[1-9]{1}[0-9]{1}\|[1-9])\.(25[0-5]\|2[0-4][0-9]\|[0-1]{1}[0-9]{2}\|[1-9]{1}[0-9]{1}\|[1-9]\|0)\.(25[0-5]\|2[0-4][0-9]\|[0-1]{1}[0-9]{2}\|[1-9]{1}[0-9]{1}\|[1-9]\|0)\.(25[0-5]\|2[0-4][0-9]\|[0-1]{1}[0-9]{2}\|[1-9]{1}[0-9]{1}\|[0-9])))$
Description	This Regular Expression searches for a valid eMail address. It uses a list of all the known top-level-domains to verify that the domain is correct. Also Possible to find the IP Address
Matches	[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Non-Matches	[email protected] [email protected]
Author	Rating: Jan Philipp Madsen
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Title: WRONG WRONG WRONG
Name: Randal L. Schwartz
Date: 1/14/2007 12:39:45 AM
Comment:
Over and over and over again... NOBODY IS PAYING ATTENTION TO RFC822. And thus... THIS IS ANOTHER OF THE MANY REGEX THAT DOES NOT DO WHAT IT SAYS. THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO VALIDATE AN EMAIL ADDRESS. {sigh}

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