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Adding, changing or removing an email address 102-03010020



Valid characters for an email address

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Valid characters + Read more ...

  • The set of letters a-z and A-Z
  • The set of digits 0-9
  • At symbol '@', hyphen '-', period '.', percent sign '%', double quote '"', apostrophe ''', backslash '\', forward slash '/'
  • Warnings will occur if the address doesn't end in one of the following:
    • '.com' or '.com.au'
    • '.edu' or '.edu.au'
    • '.gov' or '.gov.au'
    • '.int' or '.int.au'
    • '.mil' or '.mil.au'
    • '.net' or '.net.au'
    • '.org' or '.org.au'

Note: for the domain (everything after the '@'), the only valid characters are letters, digits, hyphens and dots. All the other characters listed above are valid for the localname (everything before the '@') only.

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  • The address must contain one and only one '@'
  • There must be at least one '.' after the '@'
  • There must be text before the '@'
  • There must be text after the '@' (minimum length xxx.xxx)
  • '@' and '.' cannot be consecutive
  • Dots '.' cannot be consecutive
  • Anything after the '@' and separated by dots must start with a letter, and end with a letter or number