Erik Voldengen sent this to the list a while back. It handles "multiple top levels", checks for valid "root domains", disallows double @@ and will ensure that the email address contains just "alphanumeric" characters.
Very nice piece of work! <cfset email_address="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"> <cfif REFindNocase("^[_a-z0-9-]+(\.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*\.(([a-z ]{2,3})|(aero|coop|info|museum|name))$",email_address)> .good.. <cfelse> .bad.. </cfif> ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists