Re: Email Id Verification

2012-05-25 Thread Jon Clements
On Friday, 25 May 2012 14:36:18 UTC+1, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2012-05-25, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > > On Thu, 24 May 2012 05:32:16 -0700, niks wrote: > > > >> Hello everyone.. > >> I am new to asp.net... > >> I want to use Regular Expression vali

Re: Email Id Verification

2012-05-25 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 25May2012 13:36, Grant Edwards wrote: | On 2012-05-25, Steven D'Aprano wrote: | > On Thu, 24 May 2012 05:32:16 -0700, niks wrote: | >> Hello everyone.. | >> I am new to asp.net... | >> I want to use Regular Expression validator in Email id verification.. | > | >

Re: Email Id Verification

2012-05-25 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 3:04 AM, Ian Kelly wrote: > I would think that it is not an anti-spam measure, but simply due to > the fact that most addresses containing "spam" tend to be something > like "nos...@invalid.net", being either a fake address or a junk inbox > that is only checked when an imp

Re: Email Id Verification

2012-05-25 Thread Ian Kelly
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 2:25 AM, Peter Pearson > wrote: >> Amusingly, every time I log into Discovercard's web site, I >> get a red-letter warning that my registered email address is >> invalid.  Inquiring, I was told that the presence of

Re: Email Id Verification

2012-05-25 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 2:25 AM, Peter Pearson wrote: > Amusingly, every time I log into Discovercard's web site, I > get a red-letter warning that my registered email address is > invalid.  Inquiring, I was told that the presence of the > substring "spam" anywhere in the address (including > "@sp

Re: Email Id Verification

2012-05-25 Thread Peter Pearson
On Fri, 25 May 2012 13:36:18 + (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: [snip] > . . . Nothing will make your users swear at > you as certainly as when you refuse to accept the e-mail address at > which the reeive e-mail all day every day. Amusingly, every time I log into Discovercard's web site, I get a

Re: Email Id Verification

2012-05-25 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2012-05-25, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Thu, 24 May 2012 05:32:16 -0700, niks wrote: > >> Hello everyone.. >> I am new to asp.net... >> I want to use Regular Expression validator in Email id verification.. > > Why do you want to write buggy code that ma

Re: Email Id Verification

2012-05-24 Thread Paul Rubin
Ben Finney writes: > The point is that, having collected the email address, it's useless > unless one actually uses it *as an email address*, by sending a message > to it. Before then, “validating” it tells you nothing. Right, the only legitimate use of an email address is sending legitimate emai

Re: Email Id Verification

2012-05-24 Thread Ben Finney
Paul Rubin writes: > Steven D'Aprano 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. Use the

Re: Email Id Verification

2012-05-24 Thread Chris Angelico
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Paul Rubin wrote: > Steven D'Aprano 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 hat

Re: Email Id Verification

2012-05-24 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Thu, 24 May 2012 18:35:21 -0700, Paul Rubin wrote: > Steven D'Aprano 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

Re: Email Id Verification

2012-05-24 Thread Paul Rubin
Steven D'Aprano 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 em

Re: Email Id Verification

2012-05-24 Thread MRAB
On 25/05/2012 00:03, Cameron Simpson wrote: On 24May2012 05:32, niks wrote: | Hello everyone.. | I am new to asp.net... Time to run away fast before you're commited then:-) You're aware this is a _python_ list/group, yes? | I want to use Regular Expression validator in Email id ve

Re: Email Id Verification

2012-05-24 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Thu, 24 May 2012 05:32:16 -0700, niks wrote: > Hello everyone.. > I am new to asp.net... > I want to use Regular Expression validator in Email id verification.. Why do you want to write buggy code that makes your users hate your program? Don't do it! Write good code, useful co

Re: Email Id Verification

2012-05-24 Thread Chris Angelico
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 9:03 AM, Cameron Simpson wrote: > On 24May2012 05:32, niks wrote: > | Hello everyone.. > | I am new to asp.net... > > Time to run away fast before you're commited then:-) > You're aware this is a _python_ list/group, yes? Committed to an asylum or to source control? Pyth

Re: Email Id Verification

2012-05-24 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 24May2012 05:32, niks wrote: | Hello everyone.. | I am new to asp.net... Time to run away fast before you're commited then:-) You're aware this is a _python_ list/group, yes? | I want to use Regular Expression validator in Email id verification.. You can't. Valid addresses in

Re: Email Id Verification

2012-05-24 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 25May2012 01:20, Chris Angelico wrote: | On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 11:45 PM, Dennis Lee Bieber | wrote: | >        And maybe follow-up with a review of this monster: | > http://www.ex-parrot.com/pdw/Mail-RFC822-Address.html | | That is awesome. Epic. Eyeball-bleeding. +1 !! I hope someone

Re: Email Id Verification

2012-05-24 Thread Ben Finney
John Nagle writes: >It matches anything that looks like a mail user name followed by > an @ followed by anything that looks more or less like a domain name. > The domain name must contain at least one ".", and cannot end with > a ".", which is not strictly correct but usually works. It will

Re: Email Id Verification

2012-05-24 Thread John Nagle
On 5/24/2012 5:32 AM, niks wrote: Hello everyone.. I am new to asp.net... I want to use Regular Expression validator in Email id verification.. Can anyone tell me how to use this and what is the meaning of this \w+([-+.']\w+)*@\w+([-.]\w+)*\.\w+([-.]\w+)* Not a Python question.

Re: Email Id Verification

2012-05-24 Thread Chris Angelico
On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 11:45 PM, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: >        And maybe follow-up with a review of this monster: > http://www.ex-parrot.com/pdw/Mail-RFC822-Address.html That is awesome. Epic. Eyeball-bleeding. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Email Id Verification

2012-05-24 Thread alister
On Thu, 24 May 2012 05:32:16 -0700, niks wrote: > Hello everyone.. > I am new to asp.net... > I want to use Regular Expression validator in Email id verification.. > Can anyone tell me how to use this and what is the meaning of this > \w+([-+.']\w+)*@\w+([-.]\w+)*\.\w+([-

Re: Email Id Verification

2012-05-24 Thread Chris Angelico
On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 10:32 PM, niks wrote: > Hello everyone.. > I am new to asp.net... > I want to use Regular Expression validator in Email id verification.. > Can anyone tell me how to use this and what is the meaning of > this > \w+([-+.']\w+)*@\w+([-.]\w+)*\.\

Email Id Verification

2012-05-24 Thread niks
Hello everyone.. I am new to asp.net... I want to use Regular Expression validator in Email id verification.. Can anyone tell me how to use this and what is the meaning of this \w+([-+.']\w+)*@\w+([-.]\w+)*\.\w+([-.]\w+)* -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list