Email Address Validation Criteria

  • These characters cannot be the last character:
    • @ (at sign)
    • . (period)
  • These character cannot be the first character:
    • @ (at sign)
    • # (pound sign)
    • + (plus sign)
    • & (ampersand)
    • , (comma)
    • / (slash)
  • Only one "@" (at sign) character is allowed.
  • The domain name should end with two or more characters after the last period; for example: ".au" or ".com" or ".net"
  • These characters and character combinations are not allowed:
    • .@
    • //
    • @.
    • .. "
    • --
  • There must be a "."' (period) character somewhere in the string following the "@" (at sign) character.