system/helpers/email_helper.php

<?php  if (!defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
/**
 * CodeIgniter
 *
 * An open source application development framework for PHP 4.3.2 or newer
 *
 * @package		CodeIgniter
 * @author		ExpressionEngine Dev Team
 * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2006, EllisLab, Inc.
 * @license		http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/license.html
 * @link		http://codeigniter.com
 * @since		Version 1.0
 * @filesource
 */

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/**
 * CodeIgniter Email Helpers
 *
 * @package		CodeIgniter
 * @subpackage	Helpers
 * @category	Helpers
 * @author		ExpressionEngine Dev Team
 * @link		http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/helpers/email_helper.html
 */

// ------------------------------------------------------------------------

/**
 * Validate email address
 *
 * @access	public
 * @return	bool
 */	
function valid_email($address)
{
	return ( ! preg_match("/^([a-z0-9\+_\-]+)(\.[a-z0-9\+_\-]+)*@([a-z0-9\-]+\.)+[a-z]{2,6}$/ix", $address)) ? FALSE : TRUE;
}

// ------------------------------------------------------------------------

/**
 * Send an email
 *
 * @access	public
 * @return	bool
 */	
function send_email($recipient, $subject = 'Test email', $message = 'Hello World')
{
	return mail($recipient, $subject, $message);
}

?>