X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.michael.orlitzky.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fman1%2Femail-validator.1;h=1e0e144940db48e78f3b7ddc5428457c81d7b86b;hb=0bc13890f422a2de2393cfe8ffe95044b60b8a1d;hp=3e56741dd694e2123ef826c7b603e01d4e16c6b5;hpb=e9f623d8aaf39827a94a44f569e77b7547b5bf93;p=email-validator.git diff --git a/doc/man1/email-validator.1 b/doc/man1/email-validator.1 index 3e56741..1e0e144 100644 --- a/doc/man1/email-validator.1 +++ b/doc/man1/email-validator.1 @@ -5,45 +5,59 @@ 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\-har\fR] \fI\fR .SH INPUT .P -The \fIinput\fR (default: stdin) should be a list of email addresses, +The \fIinput\fR (via stdin) should be a list of email addresses, one per line. Empty lines will be ignored. .SH OUTPUT .P -Valid email addresses will be written to the output file (default: -stdout), one per line. +Valid email addresses will be written to stdout, one per line. .SH DESCRIPTION .P -We check the validity of an email address using three techniques: +Validate an email address using three techniques: .IP \[bu] 2 -We ensure that the length of local and domain parts is within the +Ensuring that the length of local and domain parts is within the RFC-specified limits. .IP \[bu] -A regular expression is used to check for invalid characters and syntax. +A syntax check using a regular expression, or the full RFC 5322 +grammar (see the \fB\-\-rfc5322\fR option). .IP \[bu] -We confirm the existence of a MX record for the domain part of the -address. +Confirmation of the existence of an \fIMX\fR record for the domain +part of the address. This is not required; in fact many domains accept +mail via an \fIA\fR record for e.g. example.com which is used in lieu +of an \fIMX\fR record. This behavior can be controlled via the +\fR\-\-accept\-a\fR flag. + +.P +These checks are performed in parallel using the number of available +threads. To increase the number of threads, you can pass the +appropriate flag to the GHC runtime. + +.P +This will set the number of threads to 25: + +.nf +.B $ email-validator +RTS -N25 < addresses.csv .SH OPTIONS -.IP \fB\-\-input\fR,\ \fB\-i\fR -Specify the input file containing a list of email addresses, rather -than using stdin (the default). +.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\-\-output\fR,\ \fB\-o\fR -Specify the output file to which the good addresses will be written, -rather than using stdout (the default). +.IP \fB\-\-rfc5322\fR,\ \fB\-r\fR +Verify addresses against RFC 5322 rather than a naive regular +expression. This is much more lenient than the default. .SH BUGS