There are way too many valid variations for a validation rule like that,
e.g. .COM, .INFO, .NET, .ORG, .ME, .MOBI, .BIZ, .MX, .WS, .NAME,
..BZ, .COM.BZ, .NET.BZ, .CC, .ES, .COM.ES, .NOM.ES, .ORG.ES, .COM.MX,
..NL, .TV, as well as lots of other country codes.

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"Steve Stad" wrote in message
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I was testing this email validation rule.
Is Null Or ((Like ") Or (Like ") Or (Like ")
Or (Like ") Or (Like ") And (Not Like "*[ ,;]*" And Not
Like "*.@*"))

..but noticed I was able to input
.. e.g., I was trying to prevent user typing a .@ [that is a dot@] using
the ... And Not Like "*.@*")) .. but it must be getting cancelled out by
something previous in the validation string. Any suggestions?