How To Validate Email Address In VB.NET

this is going to be interest , i am using regex here regex means regular expressions so lets get started , you just need to add a textbox and a button by the way if i say directly you need a button click event so this will work like this , you enter an email address and click on the button so if the email address you have entered is valid then a message box will popup and say that also if the email address you have entered incorrect then a message box will popup saying invalid email address

add a textbox and a button add this namespace

Imports System.Text.RegularExpressions
    
double click your button and add this code
      
    'Author : Mohamed Shimran
    'Blog : http://www.ultimateprogrammingtutorials.blogspot.com

      Dim Valid As Boolean
        Try
            Valid = Regex.IsMatch(TextBox1.Text, "\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)
        Catch ex As Exception
        End Try
        If Not Valid Then
            MsgBox("invalid Email Address")
            TextBox1.Clear()
        Else
            MsgBox("Valid email")
        End If
          
done

4 comments

shim

This is an excellent library for verifying email addresses:
http://www.kellermansoftware.com/p-37-net-email-validation.aspx

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Waw, perfect, Cheers!

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