Yeti wrote: > <?php > # this one worked fine for me, but it does not cover the full RFC > like: "name" name@xxxxxxxxxxxxx OR name <name@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > $regex = > "^[a-z0-9,!#\$%&'\*\+/=\?\^_`\{\|}~-]+(\.[a-z0-9,!#\$%&'\*\+/=\ \^_`\{\|}~-]+)*@[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*\.([a-z]{2,})$"; For the domain part, I would check against "@([a-z0-9-]+\.)+[a-z0-9-]+" and then do a lookup for an A record. There are still some patterns that will fit the above, without being valid domain-names. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php