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Invalid Email Characters?

Does anyone have a list of invalid email characters? Specifically, I need to find out if "&" is invalid. Is the following a valid or invalid email address:

jack&jill@apple.com

??

Thanks,

Ken

benhenny
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just try it out and see if it works or not.
Or try this program that is supposed to test if your email is valid
http://www.hexillion.com/download/HexGadgets.exe

mikeandike22
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http://www.hotscripts.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?bool=AND&query=email+validator&catid=all

I think one of those will help :)

And I believe & is not a valid character; you could just try by signing up with hotmail.com and using something like jack&jill etc. to see if it works, or try creating email accounts with your ISP.

Gary King
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& characters are allowed, however, there are some e-mail providers that don't allow you to have that character in your account name.

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