Index: branches/2.8.x/wb/framework/class.wb.php
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--- branches/2.8.x/wb/framework/class.wb.php	(revision 1215)
+++ branches/2.8.x/wb/framework/class.wb.php	(revision 1216)
@@ -260,8 +260,8 @@
 
 	// Validate supplied email address
 	function validate_email($email) {
-		if(eregi("^([0-9a-zA-Z]+[-._+&])*[0-9a-zA-Z]+@([-0-9a-zA-Z]+[.])+[a-zA-Z]{2,6}$", $email)) {
-			return true;
+		if(preg_match('/^([0-9a-zA-Z]+[-._+&])*[0-9a-zA-Z]+@([-0-9a-zA-Z]+[.])+[a-zA-Z]{2,6}$/', $email)) {
+		return true;
 		} else {
 			return false;
 		}