Fellow sluggers, I need your help.
I want to build a regex that would match an email in the form "NAME <ADDR>"
Now, let me try to explain how I want the match to work. Maybe you can
help me build a working regex, I couldn't figure it out
Given ABCDE
A = any alpha string or two alpha strings seperated by a space ("John
Doe" or "John" but not "John A Doe" or "J4ne Doe")
B = Single space char
C = less-than (<) char
D = any length alpha-only string, followed by either 2 digits or 4
digits (ie, "john02 or "john2002" but not "power2you")
E = "@gmail.com>"
An example address: "Stupid Spammer <lovespam04@gmail.com"
A = "Stupid Spammer"
B = " "
C = "<"
D = "lovespam04"
E = "@gmail.com>
Example matching addresses:
John Doe <john09@gmail.com> (both parts match)
John <john2009@gmail.com> (both parts match)
Example non-matching addresses:
draeath <draeath@gmail.com> (NAME matches but ADDR does not)
John Q Doe <john09@gmail.com> (ADDR matches, but NAME does not)
J4ne Doe <jane123@gmail.com> (neither match)
Getting this right will allow me to score down google groups spammers
on usenet, while leaving most 'normal' people alone.
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