[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Oct 12, 2:55 pm, Florian Lindner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hello, >> is there a function in the Python stdlib to test if a string is a valid >> email address? >> >> Thanks, >> >> florian > > What do you mean? If you're just testing the construction of the email > address string, then it's pretty easy. If you want to know if the > email address is live and works, the only way to reliably find that > out is to send a test email there to see if it goes through or > bounces. > > Here's an interesting article on the topic, which is completely non- > Python related: > > http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2002/12/how_to_validate_an_email_addre.html
Answer to everybody: I was just asking for the correct syntax of the mail address. I know about the various problems actually impossibility to test for a live and valid address. Regards, Florian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list