* Added an email validation function

[modest] / src / modest-text-utils.c

diff --git a/src/modest-text-utils.c b/src/modest-text-utils.c
index b66137a..9d26aed 100644 (file)
--- a/src/modest-text-utils.c
+++ b/src/modest-text-utils.c
@@ -784,3 +784,60 @@ modest_text_utils_get_display_date (time_t date)
                
        return date_buf;
 }
+
+gboolean 
+modest_text_utils_validate_email_address (const gchar *email_address)
+{
+       int count = 0;
+       const gchar *c, *domain;
+       static gchar *rfc822_specials = "()<>@,;:\\\"[]";
+
+       /* first we validate the name portion (name@domain) */
+       for (c = email_address;  *c;  c++) {
+               if (*c == '\"' && 
+                   (c == email_address || 
+                    *(c - 1) == '.' || 
+                    *(c - 1) == '\"')) {
+                       while (*++c) {
+                               if (*c == '\"') 
+                                       break;
+                               if (*c == '\\' && (*++c == ' ')) 
+                                       continue;
+                               if (*c <= ' ' || *c >= 127) 
+                                       return FALSE;
+                       }
+                       if (!*c++) 
+                               return FALSE;
+                       if (*c == '@') 
+                               break;
+                       if (*c != '.') 
+                               return FALSE;
+                       continue;
+               }
+               if (*c == '@') 
+                       break;
+               if (*c <= ' ' || *c >= 127) 
+                       return FALSE;
+               if (strchr(rfc822_specials, *c)) 
+                       return FALSE;
+       }
+       if (c == email_address || *(c - 1) == '.') 
+               return FALSE;
+
+       /* next we validate the domain portion (name@domain) */
+       if (!*(domain = ++c)) 
+               return FALSE;
+       do {
+               if (*c == '.') {
+                       if (c == domain || *(c - 1) == '.') 
+                               return FALSE;
+                       count++;
+               }
+               if (*c <= ' ' || *c >= 127) 
+                       return FALSE;
+               if (strchr(rfc822_specials, *c)) 
+                       return FALSE;
+       } while (*++c);
+
+       return (count >= 1) ? TRUE : FALSE;
+}