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Check if an Email address is Gmail or Google Apps for your domain
import sys
import re
import dns.resolver # Requires dnspython
email_host_regex = re.compile(".*@(.*)$")
gmail_servers_regex = re.compile("(.google.com.|.googlemail.com.)$", re.IGNORECASE)
def is_gmail(email):
""" Returns True if the supplied Email address is a @gmail.com Email or is a Google Apps for your domain - hosted Gmail address
Checks are performed by checking the DNS MX records """
m = email_host_regex.findall(email)
if m and len(m) > 0:
host = m[0]
if host and host != '':
host = host.lower()
if host == "gmail.com":
return True
else:
answers = dns.resolver.query(host, 'MX')
for rdata in answers:
m = gmail_servers_regex.findall(str(rdata.exchange))
if m and len(m) > 0:
return True
return False
print is_gmail("xxx@gmail.com")
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You should change line 6 to: gmail_servers_regex = re.compile("(.google.com.|.googlemail.com.|.psmtp.com.)$", re.IGNORECASE)
Some Google Apps domains use Postini.

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