How do I validate email address formatting with the .NET Framework?

Question

I want a function to test that a string is formatted like an email address.

What comes built-in with the .NET framework to do this?

This works:

Answer 1

 Public Shared Function ValidEmailAddress(ByVal emailAddress As String, ByRef errorMessage As String) As Boolean
        If emailAddress.Length = 0 Then
            errorMessage = "E-mail address is required."
            Return False
        End If
        If emailAddress.IndexOf("@") > -1 Then
            If (emailAddress.IndexOf(".", emailAddress.IndexOf("@")) > emailAddress.IndexOf("@")) AndAlso emailAddress.Split(".").Length > 0 AndAlso emailAddress.Split(".")(1) <> "" Then
                errorMessage = ""
                Return True
            End If
        End If
        errorMessage = "E-mail address must be valid e-mail address format."
        Return False
    End Function