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require 'truemail'
require 'minitest/spec'
require 'minitest/autorun'
Truemail.configure do |config|
config.verifier_email = 'yourname@example.com'
config.smtp_safe_check = true # setting to false makes SMTP validation fail
end
def valid?(email)
r = Truemail.validate(email, with: :regex)
m = Truemail.validate(email, with: :mx)
s = Truemail.validate(email)
r.result.success &
m.result.success &
s.result.success
end
GOOD = [
# your legit email adresses go here
]
BAD = [
# spam emails
"KISwusu156re4@optus.com.au",
"ffgw@proton.dnsprotect.com",
"ebula@cns49.unlimithost.com",
# bogus email — makes the tests pass
"myself@pataflafla.xxx"
]
describe "testing a set of random emails with Truemail" do
it "validates all good emails as good" do
good = GOOD.reduce(true) { |bool, addr| bool & valid?(addr) }
_(good).must_equal true
end
# all spam emails validate!
it "marks at least one spam email as bad" do
bad = BAD.reduce(true) { |bool, addr| bool & valid?(addr) }
_(bad).must_equal false
end
end
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fullstackplus commented Oct 22, 2022

So this is me figuring out whether the Truemail gem (https://github.com/truemail-rb) also detects spam email addresses. Turns out, it does not. It only detects non-existing addresses. Add your emails to the test case above and see if all tests pass.

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