[issue19825] test b.p.o email interface

2013-11-28 Thread anatoly techtonik
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[issue19825] test b.p.o email interface

2013-11-28 Thread anatoly techtonik
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Re: test if email

2007-10-13 Thread Bjoern Schliessmann
Martin Marcher wrote: No need to speek of plus addressing or older messaging systems. But don't disallow a plus in the localpart. Many do. Regards, Björn -- BOFH excuse #180: ether leak -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

test if email

2007-10-12 Thread Florian Lindner
Hello, is there a function in the Python stdlib to test if a string is a valid email address? Thanks, florian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: test if email

2007-10-12 Thread kyosohma
want to know if the email address is live and works, the only way to reliably find that out is to send a test email there to see if it goes through or bounces. Here's an interesting article on the topic, which is completely non- Python related: http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2002/12

Re: test if email

2007-10-12 Thread Tim Williams
On 12/10/2007, brad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Florian Lindner wrote: Hello, is there a function in the Python stdlib to test if a string is a valid email address? Nope, most any string with an @ in it could be a valid email addy. Send a message to the addy, if it doesn't bounce, then it's

Re: test if email

2007-10-12 Thread Tim Williams
On 12/10/2007, Florian Lindner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, is there a function in the Python stdlib to test if a string is a valid email address? You mean a valid SMTP email address? In reality, there isn't a way of doing this. But a good rule of thumb is if it hasn't got at least one

Re: test if email

2007-10-12 Thread brad
Florian Lindner wrote: Hello, is there a function in the Python stdlib to test if a string is a valid email address? Nope, most any string with an @ in it could be a valid email addy. Send a message to the addy, if it doesn't bounce, then it's valid. --

Re: test if email

2007-10-12 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2007-10-12, brad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Florian Lindner wrote: Hello, is there a function in the Python stdlib to test if a string is a valid email address? Nope, most any string with an @ in it could be a valid email addy. Send a message to the addy, if it doesn't bounce, then it's

Re: test if email

2007-10-12 Thread Florian Lindner
, then it's pretty easy. If you want to know if the email address is live and works, the only way to reliably find that out is to send a test email there to see if it goes through or bounces. Here's an interesting article on the topic, which is completely non- Python related: http

Re: test if email

2007-10-12 Thread brad
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 12, 2:55 pm, Florian Lindner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, is there a function in the Python stdlib to test if a string is a valid email address? here's a Perl re example... I don't know whether to laugh or cry... don't try to replicate this in Python or

Re: test if email

2007-10-12 Thread brad
Grant Edwards wrote: If you send an e-mail to an address and you get a response, then it's valid. No response could be valid too. The user may not respond. For automated tasks, I go with the no bounce method. When things start bouncing, do domething, but so long as they don't bounce do

Re: test if email

2007-10-12 Thread Martin Marcher
2007/10/12, Grant Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 2007-10-12, Florian Lindner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was just asking for the correct syntax of the mail address. I know about the various problems actually impossibility to test for a live and valid address. Don't forget to allow uucp

Re: test if email

2007-10-12 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2007-10-12, George Sakkis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 12, 4:59 pm, brad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 12, 2:55 pm, Florian Lindner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, is there a function in the Python stdlib to test if a string is a valid email address?

Re: test if email

2007-10-12 Thread George Sakkis
On Oct 12, 4:59 pm, brad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 12, 2:55 pm, Florian Lindner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, is there a function in the Python stdlib to test if a string is a valid email address? here's a Perl re example... I don't know whether to laugh

Re: test if email

2007-10-12 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2007-10-12, Florian Lindner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was just asking for the correct syntax of the mail address. I know about the various problems actually impossibility to test for a live and valid address. Don't forget to allow uucp style bang addresses. :) -- Grant Edwards

Re: test if email

2007-10-12 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2007-10-12, brad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Grant Edwards wrote: If you send an e-mail to an address and you get a response, then it's valid. No response could be valid too. Right. A-B doesn't mean that !A - !B -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! Did I do an

Re: test if email

2007-10-12 Thread Ben Finney
Florian Lindner [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: is there a function in the Python stdlib to test if a string is a valid email address? Not to my knowledge. Florian Lindner [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I was just asking for the correct syntax of the mail address. Well, you weren't actually (I can't

[issue1001] New issue test for email

2007-06-09 Thread admin
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