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^(((((((((\s? +)?(\(((\s? +)?(([!-'*-[\]-~]*)|(\\([ -~]|\s))))*(\s? +)?\)))(\s? +)?)|(\s? +))?([A-Za-z0-9!#-'*+\/=?^_`{|}~-])+((((\s? +)?(\(((\s? +)?(([!-'*-[\]-~]*)|(\\([ -~]|\s))))*(\s? +)?\)))(\s? +)?)|(\s? +))?)|(((((\s? +)?(\(((\s? +)?(([!-'*-[\]-~]*)|(\\([ -~]|\s))))*(\s? +)?\)))(\s? +)?)|(\s? +))?"((\s? +)?(([!#-[\]-~])|(\\([ -~]|\s))))*(\s? +)?"))?)?(((((\s? +)?(\(((\s? +)?(([!-'*-[\]-~]*)|(\\([ -~]|\s))))*(\s? +)?\)))(\s? +)?)|(\s? +))?<(((((((\s? +)?(\(((\s? +)?(([!-'*-[\]-~]*)|(\\([ -~]|\s))))*(\s? +)?\)))(\s? +)?)|(\s? +))?(([A-Za-z0-9!#-'*+\/=?^_`{|}~-])+(\.([A-Za-z0-9!#-'*+\/=?^_`{|}~-])+)*)((((\s? +)?(\(((\s? +)?(([!-'*-[\]-~]*)|(\\([ -~]|\s))))*(\s? +)?\)))(\s? +)?)|(\s? +))?)|(((((\s? +)?(\(((\s? +)?(([!-'*-[\]-~]*)|(\\([ -~]|\s))))*(\s? +)?\)))(\s? +)?)|(\s? +))?"((\s? +)?(([!#-[\]-~])|(\\([ -~]|\s))))*(\s? +)?"))@((((((\s? +)?(\(((\s? +)?(([!-'*-[\]-~]*)|(\\([ -~]|\s))))*(\s? +)?\)))(\s? +)?)|(\s? +))?(([A-Za-z0-9!#-'*+\/=?^_`{|}~-])+(\.([A-Za-z0-9!#-'*+\/=?^_`{|}~-])+)*)((((\s? +)?(\(((\s? +)?(([!-'*-[\]-~]*)|(\\([ -~]|\s))))*(\s? +)?\)))(\s? +)?)|(\s? +))?)|(((((\s? +)?(\(((\s? +)?(([!-'*-[\]-~]*)|(\\([ -~]|\s))))*(\s? +)?\)))(\s? +)?)|(\s? +))?\[((\s? +)?([!-Z^-~]))*(\s? +)?\]((((\s? +)?(\(((\s? +)?(([!-'*-[\]-~]*)|(\\([ -~]|\s))))*(\s? +)?\)))(\s? +)?)|(\s? +))?)))>((((\s? +)?(\(((\s? +)?(([!-'*-[\]-~]*)|(\\([ -~]|\s))))*(\s? +)?\)))(\s? +)?)|(\s? +))?))|(((((((\s? +)?(\(((\s? +)?(([!-'*-[\]-~]*)|(\\([ -~]|\s))))*(\s? +)?\)))(\s? +)?)|(\s? +))?(([A-Za-z0-9!#-'*+\/=?^_`{|}~-])+(\.([A-Za-z0-9!#-'*+\/=?^_`{|}~-])+)*)((((\s? +)?(\(((\s? +)?(([!-'*-[\]-~]*)|(\\([ -~]|\s))))*(\s? +)?\)))(\s? +)?)|(\s? +))?)|(((((\s? +)?(\(((\s? +)?(([!-'*-[\]-~]*)|(\\([ -~]|\s))))*(\s? +)?\)))(\s? +)?)|(\s? +))?"((\s? +)?(([!#-[\]-~])|(\\([ -~]|\s))))*(\s? +)?"))@((((((\s? +)?(\(((\s? +)?(([!-'*-[\]-~]*)|(\\([ -~]|\s))))*(\s? +)?\)))(\s? +)?)|(\s? +))?(([A-Za-z0-9!#-'*+\/=?^_`{|}~-])+(\.([A-Za-z0-9!#-'*+\/=?^_`{|}~-])+)*)((((\s? +)?(\(((\s? +)?(([!-'*-[\]-~]*)|(\\([ -~]|\s))))*(\s? +)?\)))(\s? +)?)|(\s? +))?)|(((((\s? +)?(\(((\s? +)?(([!-'*-[\]-~]*)|(\\([ -~]|\s))))*(\s? +)?\)))(\s? +)?)|(\s? +))?\[((\s? +)?([!-Z^-~]))*(\s? +)?\]((((\s? +)?(\(((\s? +)?(([!-'*-[\]-~]*)|(\\([ -~]|\s))))*(\s? +)?\)))(\s? +)?)|(\s? +))?))))$
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Unsatisfied with your email validation? Concerned about standards compliance? Worried about that one weird edge case? Want to stress-test your regex engine? This might be the regex for you!

Submitted by Blake Thomas - 10 years ago