You should check the Java PRO archives (I believe it was December's issue).
In the regular expressions article, they use an example (I think..) of
utilizing regular expressions to validate an email address. You should be
able to look at the article online. They even give the location of a free
regular-expression evaluator as well...
Erik Sahl
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> Does anyone have a good example of checking for valid email that they care
> to share? Better than this one?
>
> // Make sure email it is not null
> if(email == null)
> return false;
> int length=email.length();
> if((length > 3 && length < 31) && (email.indexOf('@') > -1) &&
> (email.indexOf('.') > -1))
> return true;
> else
> return false;
>
> Tom K.
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