What format must an email address be to complete a DBS check?

Created by Lisa West, Modified on Mon, 26 Oct at 2:57 PM by Harrison Davies

The DBS has a set format that email addresses must be in. The guide below will show you the format and what each part means.

DBS validates the email address by the below regex (format):

First part of the address + Middle part of the address.

Explanation:

1. First part (Yellow), can contain a combination of any numbers and letters, dot, dash, plus, and underscore. Anything else is invalid.

2. Second part (Turquoise), must start with ‘@’ and follow the same rules as #1.

3. Third part (Green), must start with ‘.’ and only contains 2-to-4-character long letters.

iNote

For addresses ending .co.uk, the .co is part of the 3rd section and .uk is a 4th part, which must be between 2 and 4 letters. Example Below:

bob

@verifile.co

.uk

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