import re


def validate_email(email_address):
    """
    Verify that the email is a valid email address
    """
    email_regex = re.compile("[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+"
                             "(?:\.[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+)*"
                             "@"
                             "(?:[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?\.)+"
                             "[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?")

    if email_regex.match(email_address) is None:
        return False
    else:
        return True