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-############
-Email Helper
-############
-
-The Email Helper provides some assistive functions for working with
-Email. For a more robust email solution, see CodeIgniter's :doc:`Email
-Class <../libraries/email>`.
-
-.. important:: The Email helper is DEPRECATED and is currently
-	only kept for backwards compatibility.
-
-.. contents::
-  :local:
-
-.. raw:: html
-
-  <div class="custom-index container"></div>
-
-Loading this Helper
-===================
-
-This helper is loaded using the following code::
-
-	$this->load->helper('email');
-
-Available Functions
-===================
-
-The following functions are available:
-
-
-.. php:function:: valid_email($email)
-
-	:param	string	$email: E-mail address
-	:returns:	TRUE if a valid email is supplied, FALSE otherwise
-	:rtype:	bool
-
-	Checks if the input is a correctly formatted e-mail address. Note that is
-	doesn't actually prove that the address will be able recieve mail, but
-	simply that it is a validly formed address.
-
-	Example::
-
-		if (valid_email('email@somesite.com'))
-		{
-			echo 'email is valid';
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			echo 'email is not valid';
-		}
-
-	.. note:: All that this function does is to use PHP's native ``filter_var()``::
-
-		(bool) filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL);
-
-.. php:function:: send_email($recipient, $subject, $message)
-
-	:param	string	$recipient: E-mail address
-	:param	string	$subject: Mail subject
-	:param	string	$message: Message body
-	:returns:	TRUE if the mail was successfully sent, FALSE in case of an error
-	:rtype:	bool
-
-	Sends an email using PHP's native `mail() <http://php.net/function.mail>`_
-	function.
-
-	.. note:: All that this function does is to use PHP's native ``mail``
-
-		::
-
-			mail($recipient, $subject, $message);
-
-	For a more robust email solution, see CodeIgniter's :doc:`Email Library
-	<../libraries/email>`.
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