Bjoern Schliessmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ingo Linkweiler wrote: > > > yes, I do this allready. But it would be nice to do some checks > > before to avoid wrong user inputs. > > What do you do if the user inputs a "wrong" address? If you reject > with an error message, the medium intelligent user will enter > something like > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > as next try, circumventing your test.
I believe Ingo is checking for the case where the user intended to enter a valid email address, and made a typing error resulting in a trivially invalid one. -- \ "'Did you sleep well?' 'No, I made a couple of mistakes.'" -- | `\ Steven Wright | _o__) | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list