dnspython added to setup.py; validate_email now handle timeouts in mx…

… dns lookups
openpolis · Apr 5, 2013 · 64f8970 · 64f8970
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+.idea
 *.pyc
 build
 dist
 MANIFEST
-*.egg-info
+*.egg-info
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
@@ -11,4 +11,7 @@
       keywords = 'email validation verification mx verify',
       url = 'http://github.com/openpolis/validate_email',
       license = 'LGPL',
-    )
+      install_requires = [
+          "dnspython==1.10.0",
+      ]
+)
diff --git a/validate_email.py b/validate_email.py
@@ -106,7 +106,10 @@ def validate_email(email, check_mx=False,verify=False):
             if hostname in cache:
                 mx_hosts = cache[hostname]
             else:
-                cache[hostname] = mx_hosts = dns.resolver.query(hostname, 'MX')
+                try:
+                    cache[hostname] = mx_hosts = dns.resolver.query(hostname, 'MX')
+                except dns.exception.Timeout:
+                    return False
 
             for mx in mx_hosts:
                 try: