Regex Email validation

Question

I use this

@\"^([\\w\\.\\-]+)@([\\w\\-]+)((\\.(\\w){2,3})+)$\"

regexp to validate the email

([\\w\\.\\-]+) - this is f

Answer 1

I found nice document on MSDN for it.

How to: Verify that Strings Are in Valid Email Format http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/01escwtf.aspx (check out that this code also supports the use of non-ASCII characters for Internet domain names.)

There are 2 implementation, for .Net 2.0/3.0 and for .Net 3.5 and higher.
the 2.0/3.0 version is:

bool IsValidEmail(string strIn)
{
    // Return true if strIn is in valid e-mail format.
    return Regex.IsMatch(strIn, @"^([\w-\.]+)@((\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.)|(([\w-]+\.)+))([a-zA-Z]{2,4}|[0-9]{1,3})(\]?)$"); 
}

My tests over this method give:

Invalid: @majjf.com
Invalid: A@b@c@example.com
Invalid: Abc.example.com
Valid: j..s@proseware.com
Valid: j.@server1.proseware.com
Invalid: js*@proseware.com
Invalid: js@proseware..com
Valid: ma...ma@jjf.co
Valid: ma.@jjf.com
Invalid: ma@@jjf.com
Invalid: ma@jjf.
Invalid: ma@jjf..com
Invalid: ma@jjf.c
Invalid: ma_@jjf
Invalid: ma_@jjf.
Valid: ma_@jjf.com
Invalid: -------
Valid: 12@hostname.com
Valid: d.j@server1.proseware.com
Valid: david.jones@proseware.com
Valid: j.s@server1.proseware.com
Invalid: j@proseware.com9
Valid: j_9@[129.126.118.1]
Valid: jones@ms1.proseware.com
Invalid: js#internal@proseware.com
Invalid: js@proseware.com9
Invalid: js@proseware.com9
Valid: m.a@hostname.co
Valid: m_a1a@hostname.com
Valid: ma.h.saraf.onemore@hostname.com.edu
Valid: ma@hostname.com
Invalid: ma@hostname.comcom
Invalid: MA@hostname.coMCom
Valid: ma12@hostname.com
Valid: ma-a.aa@hostname.com.edu
Valid: ma-a@hostname.com
Valid: ma-a@hostname.com.edu
Valid: ma-a@1hostname.com
Valid: ma.a@1hostname.com
Valid: ma@1hostname.com