[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> rbt> re.compile('([EMAIL PROTECTED])')
> rbt> re.compile(r'[EMAIL PROTECTED],4}')
> rbt> re.compile('(\S+)@(\S+)')
>
> rbt> All of these will find email addys, but they also find other
> rbt> things.
>
> I think the only way to decide if your regular expression does what you want
> is to provide a set of strings it must accept and another set which it must
> reject. Supply those two sets and I'm sure any number of people here can
> come up with a regular express that distinguishes the two sets.
Doesn't the relevent RFC state that the only way to
determine a valid email address is to send to it and
see if the mail server likes it?
I believe it explicitly warns against validating email
addresses, since you will invariably end up refusing to
accept some valid email addresses.
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