VB.NET - Email Validation Function

[biggreen96]

bringing it back from the dead, my first post even too.

I am still an amatuer at regular expression.
Can you explain the use of ""^[a-zA-Z][\w\.-]*[a-zA-Z0-9]@[a-zA-Z0-9][\w\.-]*[a-zA-Z0-9]\.[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\.]*[a-zA-Z]$" ?

BlackCat and biggreen96