Sallu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > validateEmail(msg) i wrote a script above it works fine
Actually, no. It rejects a great many email addresses that are valid. > but it does not check for valid domain like .com .org .in how to > validate with domain To validate a domain for delivery of email, check with the DNS by requesting the A or MX record for that domain. To validate an email address, check with the mail server for that domain by sending a message to the address. Neither of them should be "validated" by a regular expression. Please refer to RFC 3696 <URL:http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3696.txt> described as "Recommended techniques for applications checking or manipulating domain and other internet names". -- \ “Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?” “Wuh, I think | `\ so, Brain, but wouldn't anything lose its flavor on the bedpost | _o__) overnight?” —_Pinky and The Brain_ | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
