Ugh, I wish programmers would quit trying to re-invent the email regex. While I'm usually a big fan of reinventing the wheel, this is a complex problem that has already been solved, and the solution can be found in just a minute or two on Google.
Speaking of Google, accepting username+label@gmail.com is a sign of the true faith.
(Curiously, while most sites object, folks from Tirerack to VMware accept it but then occasionally URL-decode the + as a space, wreaking all manner of unforeseen havoc.)
When people talk about the value of word of mouth as advertising it's always of the form: if M people each tell N of their friends, and those people each tell N of THEIR friends, and those people ... Wouldn't the most natural way to implement such a system be via invites?
Or, to borrow a page from advice for writers: show, don't tell.
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Or, to borrow a page from advice for writers: show, don't tell.