#!/usr/bin/perl -w require 5; use strict; use Email::Valid; my $email = 'demon warez dood@aol.com'; eval { if (my $addr = Email::Valid->address( -address => $email, -mxcheck => 1, -fudge => 1 )) { print "$addr OK\n"; } else { print "$addr failed $Email::Valid::Details check.\n"; } }; warn "an error was encountered: $@" if $@;