Re: validating email address "syntax"

I mean three characters total including the domain, period and suffix.  So
an address of a@b.c would pass my test.  yourname@127.0.0.1 should also
pass my test.  I didn't know that a TLD had to be at least two characters.
x.com is registered by PayPal (http://www.samspade.org/t/lookat?a=x.com),
so I always thought it was just one.

Basically, I just want to check that there's some sort of TLD after the @
and some sort of suffix after the @ (in addition to something before the
@).

Mike E.




                    Douglas Handy
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Mike,

I agree with most of your limitations, but:

>at least three characters after the '@',

Do you mean at least three characters between the @ and the period, or at
least
three including the domain, period, and suffix?

While some domain registration companies insist you use at least three
characters for the domain name portion, I don't think it is a hard and fast
rule.  For instance, Road Runner's cable service is rr.com

Doug
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