Email Id Verification

[Paul Rubin]

Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> 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 email address (unless you have a
demonstrably legitimate use for it) is a variant of that.