#!/usr/bin/perl -w
#uses the web to retrieve Email::Valid, and does an example call

use strict;
use LWP::Simple;

scalar eval get('http://hostname.com/Email-Valid.pm');

print +(Email::Valid->address( -address => shift,
                                -mxcheck => 1 ) ? "yes\n" : "no\n");

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All sorts of reasons why this would be a horrific thing to use seriously, obviously. Amuses me though. :)

andy.

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Re: Loading a module over the network
by lzcd (Pilgrim) on Jan 22, 2001 at 04:28 UTC
    You know in your bones that somebody is going to want to load CGI.pm over the 'net, don't you? <g>
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      Worse, they are going to want to load LWP =)

      --
      $you = new YOU;
      honk() if $you->love(perl)

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