On Thu, 24 May 2012 18:35:21 -0700, Paul Rubin wrote: > Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> writes: >> Why do you want to write buggy code that makes your users hate your >> program? ... >> The only way to validate an email address is to ACTUALLY SEND AN EMAIL >> TO IT. > > Of course spamming people will make them hate you even more. Insisting > that people give you a valid email address (unless you have a > demonstrably legitimate use for it) is a variant of that.
Ha, of course. I assumed that the OP actually has a valid reason for requesting an email address from the user. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
