On Fri, 21 Aug 2009, draeath wrote:
> 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.
Note that lots of mail comes from gmail (my friend's, for example) unrelated
to GG.
That said, how about
'^[A-Za-z]*( [A-Za-z]*){,1}<[A-Za-z]([0-9][0-9]){,1}([0-9][0-9]){,1}@gmail\.com>$'
It may need some extra backslashes. I'm not sure which characters are
special and which aren't.
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