re_email_compact.py

#!/usr/bin/env python


import re

address = re.compile('[\w\d.+-]+@([\w\d.]+\.)+(com|org|edu)',
                     re.UNICODE)

candidates = [
    u'[email protected]',
    u'[email protected]',
    u'[email protected]',
    u'[email protected]',
]

for candidate in candidates:
    match = address.search(candidate)
    print '%-30s %s' % (candidate, 'Matches' if match else 'No match')