This C# function uses a regular expression to evaluate whether the passed email address is syntactically valid or not.
public static bool isValidEmail(string inputEmail)
{
string strRegex = @"^([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)@((\[[0-9]{1,3}" +
@"\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.)|(([a-zA-Z0-9\-]+\" +
@".)+))([a-zA-Z]{2,4}|[0-9]{1,3})(\]?)$";
Regex re = new Regex(strRegex);
if (re.IsMatch(inputEmail))
return (true);
else
return (false);
}