1. A method comprising: parsing a domain portion of an e-mail address and an identifier portion of the e-mail address; identifying a format requirement corresponding to the domain portion in a domain name database, wherein the identified format requirement is a function of an addressee's name; determining whether the identifier portion is consistent with the identified format requirement by comparing the identifier portion to a list of known names and utilizing a statistical frequency of the known names to determine a score relating to whether the identifier portion is consistent with one or more known names under the identified format requirement; providing an indication of whether the identifier portion is consistent with the identified format requirement; and providing a format suggestion based on the identified format.
1. A method comprising: parsing a domain portion of an e-mail address and an identifier portion of the e-mail address; identifying a format requirement corresponding to the domain portion in a domain name database, wherein the identified format requirement is a function of an addressee's name; determining whether the identifier portion is consistent with the identified format requirement by comparing the identifier portion to a list of known names and utilizing a statistical frequency of the known names to determine a score relating to whether the identifier portion is consistent with one or more known names under the identified format requirement; providing an indication of whether the identifier portion is consistent with the identified format requirement; and providing a format suggestion based on the identified format. 4. The method of claim 1 wherein the identified format requirement is a function of the addressee's first name and last name, the list of known names includes first names and last names, and the comparing the identifier portion to a list of known names further comprises: comparing a first sub-portion of the identifier portion to the list of known first names; and comparing a second sub-portion of the identifier portion to the list of known last names.