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+/// <reference path="email-validator.d.ts" />
+
+import emailValidator = require('email-validator');
+import { validate } from 'email-validator';
+
+var result: boolean;
+
+// Trivial code requires trivial tests
+result = validate('some email');
+result = validate(null);
+
+result = emailValidator.validate('some email');
+result = emailValidator.validate(null);
diff --git a/email-validator/email-validator.d.ts b/email-validator/email-validator.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for email-validator 1.0.3
+// Project: https://github.com/Sembiance/email-validator
+// Definitions by: Paul Lessing <https://github.com/paullessing>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+declare module "email-validator" {
+    export function validate(email: String): boolean;
+}