protected function _validateAddress($address)
    {
        $is_group = false;
        $addresses = array();

        if ($address['group']) {
            $is_group = true;

            // Get the group part of the name
            $parts     = explode(':', $address['address']);
            $groupname = $this->_splitCheck($parts, ':');
            $structure = array();

            // And validate the group part of the name.
            if (!$this->_validatePhrase($groupname)){
                $this->error = 'Group name did not validate.';
                return false;
            } else {
                // Don't include groups if we are not nesting
                // them. This avoids returning invalid addresses.
                if ($this->nestGroups) {
                    $structure = new stdClass;
                    $structure->groupname = $groupname;
                }
            }

            $address['address'] = ltrim(substr($address['address'], strlen($groupname . ':')));
        }

        // If a group then split on comma and put into an array.
        // Otherwise, Just put the whole address in an array.
        if ($is_group) {
            while (strlen($address['address']) > 0) {
                $parts       = explode(',', $address['address']);
                $addresses[] = $this->_splitCheck($parts, ',');
                $address['address'] = trim(substr($address['address'], strlen(end($addresses) . ',')));
            }
        } else {
            $addresses[] = $address['address'];
        }

        // Trim the whitespace from all of the address strings.
        array_map('trim', $addresses);

        // Validate each mailbox.
        // Format could be one of: name <geezer@domain.com>
        //                         geezer@domain.com
        //                         geezer
        // ... or any other format valid by RFC 822.
        for ($i = 0; $i < count($addresses); $i++) {
            if (!$this->validateMailbox($addresses[$i])) {
                if (empty($this->error)) {
                    $this->error = 'Validation failed for: ' . $addresses[$i];
                }
                return false;
            }
        }

        // Nested format
        if ($this->nestGroups) {
            if ($is_group) {
                $structure->addresses = $addresses;
            } else {
                $structure = $addresses[0];
            }

        // Flat format
        } else {
            if ($is_group) {
                $structure = array_merge($structure, $addresses);
            } else {
                $structure = $addresses;
            }
        }

        return $structure;
    }