.net - C# Email Address validation

Question

Just I want to clarify one thing. Per client request we have to create a regular expression in such a way that it should allow apostrophe in email address.

My Question according to RFC standard will an email address contain aportrophe? If so how to recreate regular expression to allow apostrophe?

Answer 1

The regular expression below implements the official RFC 2822 standard for email addresses. Using this regular expression in actual applications is NOT recommended. It is shown to illustrate that with regular expressions there's always a trade-off between what's exact and what's practical.

(?:[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+(?:.[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+)*|"(?:[x01-x08x0bx0cx0e-x1fx21x23-x5bx5d-x7f]|\[x01-x09x0bx0cx0e-x7f])*")@(?:(?:[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?.)+[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?|[(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?).){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?|[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9]:(?:[x01-x08x0bx0cx0e-x1fx21-x5ax53-x7f]|\[x01-x09x0bx0cx0e-x7f])+)])

You could use the simplified one:

[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+(?:.[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+)*@(?:[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?.)+[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?

And yes, apostrophe is allowed in the email, as long as it is not in domain name.