Python Code To Check EMAIL Address Is Valid | regex & dnspython | how to check MX record

How to check if an email address is a valid format and if the MX record / domain exists for any given email address.

My code also checks for common miss-spellings and gives a suggestion.

-- chapters --

0:00 Introduction
1:00 dnspython
2:23 pip3 install dnspython
5:14 re.search
8:00 suggest corrections to email address
10:16 gmail v gmial v gmal
12:41 regex pattern for valid email address
14:12 raise ValueError
15:20 check for mx record

re.search v re.match
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? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/180986/what-is-the-difference-between-re-search-and-re-match#180993

The Code on GitHub:
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? https://github.com/RGGH/Python/blob/master/email/email_valid.py

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