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VB Email Check

Hi

The product I am using has an Email test and I need it to check if an Underscore _ is used in the Customer Address and validate it but it always returns isValidEmail(CustomerEmail) as False

from the VB.Net Code

If EmailTemplates.Email.IsValidEmail(FromEmailAddress) AndAlso EmailTemplates.Email.IsValidEmail(CustomerEmail) Then
If String.IsNullOrEmpty(AttachmentType) AndAlso String.IsNullOrEmpty(AttachmentName) AndAlso Attachment Is Nothing Then
'There is no attachements
EmailTemplates.Email.SendMessage(EmailTemplate.EmailBody, CustomerEmail, Nothing, Nothing, EmailTemplate.EmailSubject, FromEmailAddress, EmailRetentionPeriod, SourceSystemId)
Else
EmailTemplates.Email.SendMessage(EmailTemplate.EmailBody, CustomerEmail, Nothing, Nothing, EmailTemplate.EmailSubject, FromEmailAddress, EmailRetentionPeriod, SourceSystemId, AttachmentType, AttachmentName, Attachment)
End If
End If

It goes to a section in a File with a .cs extension

public static bool IsValidEmail(string email)
{

bool isEmail = Regex.IsMatch(email, @"\A(?:[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+(?:\.[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+)*@(?:[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?\.)+[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?)\Z", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);

//make sure an email address was provided
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(email))
{
isEmail = false;
}
else
{
//use IsMatch to validate the address
isEmail = check.IsMatch(email);
}
//return the value to the calling method
return isEmail;
}
}

Frank Helk

I havn't checked the code of yours, but .NET framework has a built in feature for checking email addresses. The MailAddress class checks the validity of the address on instantiation of the object and throws an exception if sth's wrong with it. You may additionally check for the _ outside of the function or within ...

Public Function IsValidEmailFormat(ByVal s As String) As Boolean
    Try
        Dim a As New System.Net.Mail.MailAddress(s)
    Catch
        Return False
    End Try
    Return True
End Function

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