module BarkestCore::EmailTester
Adds helper methods to the model to allow verifying email addresses.
Constants
- VALID_EMAIL_REGEX
A regex that can be used to verify most email addresses.
When used, the match will include a USER and DOMAIN element to represent the broken down email address.
Public Class Methods
valid_email?(email, check_dns = false)
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Validates the supplied email address against the VALID_EMAIL_REGEX
.
The check_dns
option ensures that an MX record can be found for the email address.
# File lib/barkest_core/concerns/email_tester.rb, line 20 def self.valid_email?(email, check_dns = false) match = VALID_EMAIL_REGEX.match(email) return false unless match if check_dns return false if Resolv::DNS.open{ |dns| dns.getresources match['DOMAIN'], Resolv::DNS::Resource::IN::MX }.blank? end true end