doc/source/vmm_emailaddress.rst
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:mod:`VirtualMailManager.EmailAddress` --- Handling of e-mail addresses
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.. module:: VirtualMailManager.EmailAddress
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  :synopsis: Handling of e-mail addresses
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.. moduleauthor:: Pascal Volk <neverseen@users.sourceforge.net>
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.. toctree::
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   :maxdepth: 2
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This module provides the :class:`EmailAddress` class to handle validated e-mail
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addresses.
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EmailAddress
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.. class:: EmailAddress(address)
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  Creates a new EmailAddress instance.
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  :param address: string representation of an e-mail addresses
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  :type address: :obj:`basestring`
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  :raise VirtualMailManager.errors.EmailAddressError: if the
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    *address* is syntactically wrong.
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  :raise VirtualMailManager.errors.VMMError: if the validation of the
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    local-part or domain name fails.
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  An EmailAddress instance has the both read-only attributes:
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  .. attribute:: localpart
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    The local-part of the address *local-part@domain*
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  .. attribute:: domainname
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    The domain part of the address *local-part@domain*
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Examples
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  >>> from VirtualMailManager.EmailAddress import EmailAddress
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  >>> john = EmailAddress('john.doe@example.com')
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  >>> john.localpart
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  'john.doe'
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  >>> john.domainname
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  'example.com'
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  >>> jane = EmailAddress('jane.doe@example.com')
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  >>> jane != john
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  True
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  >>> EmailAddress('info@xn--pypal-4ve.tld') == EmailAddress(u'info@pŠ°ypal.tld')
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  True
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  >>> jane
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  EmailAddress('jane.doe@example.com')
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  >>> print john
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  john.doe@example.com
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  >>>