From: rtilley <rtilley@...>
Date: 2006-03-08T11:13:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Valid email address from CGI input?

Steve Peters wrote:
> That regexp has been written and tested by some of the most knowledgible
> people in the Perl world.  I take it for granted that
> Mail::RFC822::Address is correct. 

Yes, I agree. It's as accurate as we'll get. I'm not critizing it. Just 
pointing out what they themselves said here:

http://www.ex-parrot.com/~pdw/Mail-RFC822-Address/Mail-RFC822-Address.html

"...the only sure way to see if a supplied email address is genuine is 
to send an email to it and see if the user recieves it."