X-Git-Url: http://gitweb.michael.orlitzky.com/?p=email-validator.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fman1%2Femail-validator.1;h=5fd7d10c3a610f414ec0821dcc58458e24d4dac5;hp=3e56741dd694e2123ef826c7b603e01d4e16c6b5;hb=031638c08a4ce9d7ea156ead71cb8ef02e23fa81;hpb=e9f623d8aaf39827a94a44f569e77b7547b5bf93 diff --git a/doc/man1/email-validator.1 b/doc/man1/email-validator.1 index 3e56741..5fd7d10 100644 --- a/doc/man1/email-validator.1 +++ b/doc/man1/email-validator.1 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ email-validator \- Perform basic syntax and deliverability checks on email addre .SH SYNOPSIS -\fBemail-validator\fR [\fB\-h\fR] [\fB-i \fIFILE\fR] [\fB-o \fIFILE\fR] \fI\fR +\fBemail-validator\fR [\fB\-ha\fR] [\fB-i \fIFILE\fR] [\fB-o \fIFILE\fR] \fI\fR .SH INPUT @@ -33,10 +33,20 @@ A regular expression is used to check for invalid characters and syntax. .IP \[bu] We confirm the existence of a MX record for the domain part of the -address. +address. This is not required; in fact many domains accept mail via +an 'A' record for e.g. example.com which is used in lieu of an MX +record. This behavior can be controlled via the \fR\-a\fR flag. + +.P +These checks are performed in parallel using the number of available +threads. .SH OPTIONS +.IP \fB\-\-accept-a\fR,\ \fB\-a\fR +Accept an 'A' record for the domain instead of requiring an MX record +(the default). + .IP \fB\-\-input\fR,\ \fB\-i\fR Specify the input file containing a list of email addresses, rather than using stdin (the default).