README

ValidatesAsEmail
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This gem/plugin is a re-packaged and gem'ified version of the original plugin with credit as follows:

Gabriel Mazetto <brodock@gmail.com>
Donncha Redmond <dredmond@e-xact.com>
Michal Zima <xhire@mujmalysvet.cz>
Ximon Eighteen <ximon.eighteen@int.greenpeace.org>
Dan Kubb <dan.kubb@autopilotmarketing.com>
Thijs van der Vossen <thijs@fngtps.com>

This Ruby on Rails plugin implements an ActiveRecord validation helper called
validates_as_email. The helper acts as if validates_format_of was used with a
regular expression that defines an email address conformance test.

It does not follow any RFC as RFC822, RFC2822, RFC3696 as it's intended for common bn

Installation:
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Make sure you have rubygems >= 1.3.6

Install the gem(s):
sudo gem install brodock-validates_as_email

Add to environment.rb initializer block:
config.gem 'brodock-validates_as_email', :lib => 'validates_as_email'

Usage:
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In your model file do something like:

class MyClass < ActiveRecord::Base
  validates_as_email :email, :message => 'Invalid Email Address', :allow_nil => true
end

class MyOtherClass < ActiveRecord::Base
  # will not accept addresses with a single part domain, e.g user@example
  validates_as_email :email, :message => 'Invalid Email Address', :allow_nil => true
end

Tests:
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Some tests have been added.

License:
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See the LICENSE file.