Can someone help me with validating email address chars?

I think I have the back part ok. I just need to verify the front of the @
sign to have atleast 4 chars, start with a-Z allows \w\-\.

ie: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

 $email ~ /^[a-zA-Z][\w\-\.]{3,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/

thanks


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