A Python3 email utility that verifies existence of an email address
Project description
Python Email Ahoy 3
A Python email utility that verifies existence of an email address
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Overview
A Python email utility that verifies existence of an email address. This package is based on this package which only run in Python 2. It has been refactored to work in Python 3.
How to install
1. easy_install python-emailahoy
2. pip install python-emailahoy
3. git clone http://github.com/un33k/python-emailahoy
a. cd python-emailahoy
b. run python setup.py
4. wget https://github.com/un33k/python-emailahoy/zipball/master
a. unzip the downloaded file
b. cd into python-emailahoy-* directory
c. run python setup.py
How to use
Use the class for more control & more granular return status
from emailahoy import VerifyEmail
e = VerifyEmail()
status = e.verify_email_smtp(
email='test@example.com',
from_host='mydomain.com',
from_email='verify@mydomain.com'
)
if e.was_found(status):
print >> sys.stderr, "Found:", status
elif e.not_found(status):
print >> sys.stderr, "Not Found:", status
else:
print >> sys.stderr, "Unverifiable:", status
Use the shorthand function for quick check:
if verify_email_address('test@example.com'):
print >> sys.stderr, "Found"
else:
print >> sys.stderr, "Don't care"
Notes
1. Not all email servers will return the correct status
2. Checking an invalid email address returns within 1 second
3. Checking a valid email address returns within 4 seconds or more
Running the tests
To run the tests against the current environment:
python3 -m unittest discover
License
Released under a (BSD) license.
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