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Validate_email
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Validate_email is a package for Python that check if an email is valid, properly formatted and really exists.
INSTALLATION
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First, you must do::
pip install validate_email
Extra
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For check the domain mx and verify email exits you must have the `pyDNS` package installed::
pip install pyDNS
USAGE
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Basic usage::
from validate_email import validate_email
is_valid = validate_email('example@example.com')
Checking domain has SMTP Server
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Check if the host has SMTP Server::
from validate_email import validate_email
is_valid = validate_email('example@example.com',check_mx=True)
Verify email exists
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Check if the host has SMTP Server and the email really exists::
from validate_email import validate_email
is_valid = validate_email('example@example.com',verify=True)
TODOs and BUGS
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See: http://github.com/syrusakbary/validate_email/issues