diff --git a/exo/exo-url.c b/exo/exo-url.c
index c2f434d..d142ae0 100644
--- a/exo/exo-url.c
+++ b/exo/exo-url.c
@@ -56,14 +56,14 @@
 #define PASSCHARS       "-A-Za-z0-9,?;.:/!%$^*&~\"#'"
 #define HOSTCHARS       "-A-Za-z0-9"
 #define USER            "[" USERCHARS "]+(:["PASSCHARS "]+)?"
-#define MATCH_BROWSER1  "((file|https?|ftps?)://(" USER "@)?)[" HOSTCHARS ".]+(:[0-9]+)?" \
-                        "(/[-A-Za-z0-9_$.+!*(),;:@&=?/~#%]*[^]'.}>) \t\r\n,\\\"])?"
-#define MATCH_BROWSER2  "(www|ftp)[" HOSTCHARS "]*\\.[" HOSTCHARS ".]+(:[0-9]+)?" \
-                        "(/[-A-Za-z0-9_$.+!*(),;:@&=?/~#%]*[^]'.}>) \t\r\n,\\\"])?"
+#define MATCH_BROWSER1  "^((file|https?|ftps?)://(" USER "@)?)[" HOSTCHARS ".]+(:[0-9]+)?" \
+                        "(/[-A-Za-z0-9_$.+!*(),;:@&=?/~#%]*[^]'.}>) \t\r\n,\\\"])?$"
+#define MATCH_BROWSER2  "^(www|ftp)[" HOSTCHARS "]*\\.[" HOSTCHARS ".]+(:[0-9]+)?" \
+                        "(/[-A-Za-z0-9_$.+!*(),;:@&=?/~#%]*[^]'.}>) \t\r\n,\\\"])?$"
 #if !defined(__GLIBC__)
-#define MATCH_MAILER    "[a-z0-9][a-z0-9_.-]*@[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]*(\\.[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]*)+"
+#define MATCH_MAILER    "^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9_.-]*@[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]*(\\.[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]*)+$"
 #else
-#define MATCH_MAILER    "\\<[a-z0-9][a-z0-9_.-]*@[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]*(\\.[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]*)+\\>"
+#define MATCH_MAILER    "^\\<[a-z0-9][a-z0-9_.-]*@[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]*(\\.[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]*)+\\>$"
 #endif