Verify e-mail address is valid

I will try to come up with a e-mail verification funtion and will let you know!VSF
www.victory.hpg.com.br

This is not exactly what you need but I think it can help

function VerifyURL(S: string): Boolean;
const
BADCHARS = ';*<>{}[]|\()^!';
var
p, x, c, count, i: Integer;
begin
Result := False;
if (Length(S) > 5) and (S[Length(S)] <> '.') and (Pos(S, '..') = 0) then
   begin
   for i := Length(BADCHARS) downto 1 do
       begin
       if Pos(BADCHARS[i], S) > 0 then
          begin
          exit;
          end;
       end;
   for i := 1 to Length(S) do
       begin
       if (Ord(S[i]) < 33) or (Ord(S[i]) > 126) then
          begin
          exit;
          end;
       end;
   if ((Pos('www.',LowerCase(S)) = 1) and (Pos('.', Copy(S, 5, Length(s))) > 0) and (Length(S) > 7)) or ((Pos('news:', LowerCase(S)) = 1) and (Length(S) > 7) and (Pos('.', Copy(S, 5, Length(S))) > 0)) then
       begin
       end
   else if ((Pos('mailto:', LowerCase(S)) = 1) and (Length(S) > 12) and (Pos('@', S) > 8) and (Pos('.', S) > 10) and (Pos('.', S) > (Pos('@', S) +1))) or ((Length(S) > 6) and (Pos('@', S) > 1) and (Pos('.', S) > 4) and (Pos('.', S) > (Pos('@', S) +1))) then
            begin
            Result := True;
            Exit;
            end
   else if ((Pos('http://', LowerCase(S)) = 1) and (Length(S) > 10) and (Pos('.', S) > 8)) or ((Pos('ftp://', LowerCase(S)) = 1) and (Length(S) > 9) and (Pos('.', S) > 7)) then
           begin
           Result := True;
           Exit;
           end
        else
           begin
           Result := True;
           end;
   for Count := 1 to 4 do
       begin
       p := Pos('.',S) - 1;
       if p < 0 then
          begin
          p := Length(S);
          end;
        Val(Copy(S, 1, p), x, c);
        if ((c <> 0) or (x < 0) or (x > 255) or (p>3)) then
           begin
           Result := False;
           Break;
           end;
        Delete(S, 1, p + 1);
        end;
   if (S <> '') then
       begin
       Result := False;
       end;
   end;
end;

A quick and dirty one I use is:

if (Pos('@', Edit1.Text) = 0) or (Pos('.', Edit1.Text) = 0) then ShowMessage('Invalid E-Mail Address');

I will try to come up with a e-mail verification funtion and will let you know!VSF
www.victory.hpg.com.br

This is not exactly what you need but I think it can help

function VerifyURL(S: string): Boolean;
const
BADCHARS = ';*<>{}[]|\()^!';
var
p, x, c, count, i: Integer;
begin
Result := False;
if (Length(S) > 5) and (S[Length(S)] <> '.') and (Pos(S, '..') = 0) then
   begin
   for i := Length(BADCHARS) downto 1 do
       begin
       if Pos(BADCHARS[i], S) > 0 then
          begin
          exit;
          end;
       end;
   for i := 1 to Length(S) do
       begin
       if (Ord(S[i]) < 33) or (Ord(S[i]) > 126) then
          begin
          exit;
          end;
       end;
   if ((Pos('www.',LowerCase(S)) = 1) and (Pos('.', Copy(S, 5, Length(s))) > 0) and (Length(S) > 7)) or ((Pos('news:', LowerCase(S)) = 1) and (Length(S) > 7) and (Pos('.', Copy(S, 5, Length(S))) > 0)) then
       begin
       end
   else if ((Pos('mailto:', LowerCase(S)) = 1) and (Length(S) > 12) and (Pos('@', S) > 8) and (Pos('.', S) > 10) and (Pos('.', S) > (Pos('@', S) +1))) or ((Length(S) > 6) and (Pos('@', S) > 1) and (Pos('.', S) > 4) and (Pos('.', S) > (Pos('@', S) +1))) then
            begin
            Result := True;
            Exit;
            end
   else if ((Pos('http://', LowerCase(S)) = 1) and (Length(S) > 10) and (Pos('.', S) > 8)) or ((Pos('ftp://', LowerCase(S)) = 1) and (Length(S) > 9) and (Pos('.', S) > 7)) then
           begin
           Result := True;
           Exit;
           end
        else
           begin
           Result := True;
           end;
   for Count := 1 to 4 do
       begin
       p := Pos('.',S) - 1;
       if p < 0 then
          begin
          p := Length(S);
          end;
        Val(Copy(S, 1, p), x, c);
        if ((c <> 0) or (x < 0) or (x > 255) or (p>3)) then
           begin
           Result := False;
           Break;
           end;
        Delete(S, 1, p + 1);
        end;
   if (S <> '') then
       begin
       Result := False;
       end;
   end;
end;

VSF,
    Your function works fine for most email addresses but my company's email format is 'paul.wainwright@unilever.com' which is invalid. The first '.' makes the email invalid. How would i modify the code to accept this format ?. I have tried but can't get it to work properly !.

Thanks
Paul.

You could try something like this:

function IsEmailAddressInvalid(const S : string) : Boolean;   // Returns True if Email Addy is Invalid
var
  I : Integer;
  Temp : string;
begin
  Result := (Trim(S) = '') or
            (Pos(' ', AnsiLowerCase(S)) > 0) or
            (Pos('a', AnsiLowerCase(S)) > 0) or
            (Pos('o', AnsiLowerCase(s)) > 0) or
            (Pos('u', AnsiLowerCase(S)) > 0) or
            (Pos('?', AnsiLowerCase(S)) > 0) or
            (Pos('[', AnsiLowerCase(S)) > 0) or
            (Pos(']', AnsiLowerCase(S)) > 0) or
            (Pos('(', AnsiLowerCase(S)) > 0) or
            (Pos(')', AnsiLowerCase(S)) > 0) or
            (Pos(':', AnsiLowerCase(S)) > 0);
  if Result then
    Exit;
  I := Pos('@', S);
  Result := (I = 0) or (I = 1) or (I = Length(S));
  if Result then
    Exit;
  Result := (Pos('@', Copy(S, I + 1, Length(S) - 1)) > 0);
  if Result then
    Exit;
  Temp := Copy(S, I + 1, Length(S));
  Result := Length(Temp) <= 1;
  if Result then
    Exit;
  I := Pos('.', Temp);
  Result := (I = 0) or (I = 1) or (I = Length(Temp));
end;

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  if IsEmailAddressInvalid('paul.wainwright@unilever.com') then
    ShowMessage('Email Address is Invalid.')
  else
    ShowMessage('Email Address is valid.');
end;

Alan,
     Your function is exactly what i require.

Thanks
Paul.