diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index dcccf1c75e..c6bc8a33df 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -12471,3 +12471,10 @@ David  9 Nov 2006
 	clientgui/
 		AdvancedFrame.cpp
 		ViewResources.cpp
+
+David  9 Nov 2006
+	- manager: fix regexp for email address check
+		(remove / at start and end).
+
+	clientgui/
+		ValidateEmailAddress.cpp
diff --git a/clientgui/ValidateEmailAddress.cpp b/clientgui/ValidateEmailAddress.cpp
index 5245e5390d..40e9a23fa3 100644
--- a/clientgui/ValidateEmailAddress.cpp
+++ b/clientgui/ValidateEmailAddress.cpp
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ bool CValidateEmailAddress::Validate(wxWindow *parent) {
 
     // Regular Expression from Frank S. Thomas
     wxRegEx reEmail(
-        wxT("/^([^@]+)@([^@\\.]+)\\.([^@]{2,})$/"));
+        wxT("^([^@]+)@([^@\\.]+)\\.([^@]{2,})$"));
 
     if (val.Length() == 0) {
         ok = FALSE;