On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, Andreas J Mueller wrote:
> Address lists can also contain exceptions. For example, I have been
> told by AOL support that valid AOL screen names (and email addresses)
> can consist of 5-16 letters and numbers, and must start with a letter.
> Therefore
>
> ^offer..@aol.com$ # permanent spammer
> !^[a-z][\da-z]{4,15}@???$ # valid AOL screen names
> aol.com # all others are invalid
> aol.de # not-for-mail domain
My company has a client w/ a three-letter AOL account. This isn't a
friend-of-a-friend story, I've traded emails w/ him using it.
--John
