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Email validation is incorrect





------- Additional Comments From rajxkhanna@yahoo.com  2003-08-12 18:29 -------
while * is a valid character in email-

To make sure period (.) is a required, 

if (symbolic) {
                 // this is a symbolic domain so check components
                 String[] domainSegment = new String[10];
                 boolean match = true;
                 int i = 0;
                 int l = 0;
                 
                 while (match) {
                    match = matchAtomPat.match(atomPat, domain);
                    if (match) {
                       domainSegment[i] = matchAtomPat.group(1);
                       l = domainSegment[i].length() + 1;
                       domain = (l >= domain.length())? "" : domain.substring
(l);
                       i++;
                    }
                 }
                 
                 int len = i;
                 if (domainSegment[len - 1].length() < 2 || domainSegment[len - 
1].length() > 4) {
                     bValid = false;
                 }

                 // Make sure there's a host name preceding the domain.
                 if (len < 2) {
                    bValid = false;
                 }
	     }else{
		bValid = false;
        	}
	     	               	
	   }