matthew, ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< > From: Matthew Blanchard > > > http://regexlib.com/REDetails.aspx?regexp_id=26 > > The page says: > > "Email validator that adheres directly to the > specification for email address naming. It allows for > everything from ipaddress and country-code domains, to > very rare characters in the username." > > I don't know of any such "specification", and I don't > think one exists. ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< guess again. it's one of the most famous specifications. it's called rfc 822. http://www.freesoft.org/CIE/RFC/822/index.htm i'll save you the digging you'll need to do to find the bit about address specification. http://www.freesoft.org/CIE/RFC/822/41.htm enjoy, .jeff http://evolt.org/ jeff at members.evolt.org http://members.evolt.org/jeff/