Email address check function

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <19991202163334.A3934 at stopcontact.palga.uucp>,
Gerrit Holl  <linuxgames at nl.linux.org> wrote:
>
>I'm writing some CGI scripts and I want the user to fill in their real email
>address. Checking this is more difficult than just look if it contains an '@'.
>There must be at least one '.' after the '@' but there must be non-'@' chars
>before and after every '.', no white space, etc. There must be an RFC for
>this, but is there a function in the standard library that checks if it's
>OK?

And, just to throw a monkey wrench in the works, some people might write
their address like this: 

   netcom.com!aahz
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