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Checks if an e-mail looks like a valid one. Returns TRUE if the mail is correct

Checks if an e-mail looks like a valid one. Returns TRUE if the mail is correct
or FASLE if the mail isn't correct

<? 

if (checkmail($mail)) { 
    print("Your adress is correct"); 
} else { 
    print("Your adress isn't correct"); 
} 


function checkmail($mail){ 
$mail2 = trim($mail); 
$lg=strlen($mail2); 
    $pos1=strrpos($mail2,"."); 
    $pos2=strrpos($mail2,"@"); 
    if(ereg("@",$mail2) and $pos1>$pos2 and $lg>5 and $pos2>=1) 
        { 
            if (ereg(" ",$mail2)) { 
            return false; 
            } else { 
            return true; 
            } 
        } 
        else 
        { 
        return false; 
        } 
} 
?>