python proxy tester

Getting hold of proxy lists is a not a problem these days. A lot of websites provide pages upon pages of proxies but the issue arises when more than 60-70% of them don't work. Sitting and testing each one can be a pain so to ease the issue, I fired up medit and wrote the following script.

The script takes input as a file with the structure:
[ip]:[port]

code: http://pastebin.com/w5iardS4