On Sat, 10 Dec 2005, Ben Finney wrote: > Tom Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> A hoary old chestnut this - any advice on how to syntactically >> validate an email address? > > Yes: Don't. > > <URL:http://www.apps.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3696.html#sec-3>
The IETF must have updated that RFC between you posting the link and me reading it, because that's not what it says. What it says that the syntax for local parts is complicated, and many of the variations are actually used for reasons i can't even imagine, so they should be permitted. It doesn't say anything about not validating the local part against that syntax. > Please, don't attempt to "validate" the local-part. It's not up to you > to decide what the receiving MTA will accept as a local-part, Absolutely not - it's up to the IETF, and their decision is recorded in RFC 2822. tom -- Whose house? Run's house! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
