Email Id Verification

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Thu, 24 May 2012 18:35:21 -0700, Paul Rubin wrote:

> 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.

Ha, of course. I assumed that the OP actually has a valid reason for 
requesting an email address from the user.


-- 
Steven