Email address validation in C# MVC 4 application: with or without using Regex
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You need a regular expression for this. Look here. If you are using .net Framework4.5 then you can also use this. As it is built in .net Framework 4.5. Example
[EmailAddress(ErrorMessage = "Invalid Email Address")]
public string Email { get; set; }
Expanding on Ehsan's Answer....
If you are using .Net framework 4.5 then you can have a simple method to verify email address using EmailAddressAttribute Class in code.
private static bool IsValidEmailAddress(string emailAddress)
{
return new System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations
.EmailAddressAttribute()
.IsValid(emailAddress);
}
If you are considering REGEX to verify email address then read:
I Knew How To Validate An Email Address Until I Read The RFC By Phil Haack
Regex:
[RegularExpression(@"^([a-zA-Z0-9_-.]+)@(([[0-9]{1,3}.[0-9]{1,3}.[0-9]{1,3}.)|(([a-zA-Z0-9-]+.)+))([a-zA-Z]{2,4}|[0-9]{1,3})(]?)$", ErrorMessage = "Please enter a valid e-mail adress")]
Or you can use just:
[DataType(DataType.EmailAddress)]
public string Email { get; set; }