Mail::RFC822::Address is a Perl module to validate email addresses according to
the RFC 822
grammar. It provides the same functionality as RFC::RFC822::Address, but uses
Perl regular expressions rather that the Parse::RecDescent parser. This means
that the module is much faster to load as it does not need to compile the
grammar on startup.
Download Mail::RFC822::Address-0.4.tar.gz or read the documentation.
The grammar described in RFC 822 is surprisingly complex. Implementing validation with regular expressions somewhat pushes the limits of what it is sensible to do with regular expressions, although Perl copes well:
Download Mail::RFC822::Address-0.4.tar.gz or read the documentation.
The grammar described in RFC 822 is surprisingly complex. Implementing validation with regular expressions somewhat pushes the limits of what it is sensible to do with regular expressions, although Perl copes well:
