Email address validation with JavaMail

Hi there,
Does anyone know whether the JavaMail library provides any means to validate email addresses? My first thought was to use the AddressException but this doesn't work. I was able to construct address such as
InternetAddress a1 = new InternetAddress("foo");
InternetAddress a2 = new InternetAddress("--------foo---------");
InternetAddress a3 = new InternetAddress("?$@%##$%??%$$#");
without the AddressException being thrown... Any comments would be appreciated.
Regards,
Arman

I use this simple test and is does the trick for me.
* @param address :string met email adress zoals
[email protected]
* @return      :true valid address, false invalid
address.
private static boolean validmailadress(String address)
// address should must have a length of minimal 3
examp: a@b
if (address.length()<3) return false;
if(address.indexOf("@")==-1) return false;
return true;
Regards,
Wil.I think this is wrong. Take for example, would you call this valid?
abc@abc
Your code will call this valid, but to you and, it is very wrong. All you have to do is check that there is a '.' anywhere after the '@' and there is something after that.
Well, I will write one and post it here later.

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