Can there be an apostrophe in an email address?

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mikenichols picture mikenichols · Dec 15, 2011 · Viewed 131.8k times · Source

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What characters are allowed in email address?

I have an email address with an apostrophe in it and am wondering if that is valid?

Answer

danludwig picture danludwig · Dec 15, 2011

Yes, according to RFC 3696 apostrophes are valid as long as they come before the @ symbol.

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