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