mail-addons/models.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

from openerp import models, fields, api


class res_partner_strip_email(models.Model):
     _inherit = 'res.partner'

     @api.one
     def write(self, vals):
          if 'email' in vals and type(vals['email']) is not bool:
               vals['email'] = vals['email'].strip()
          res = super(res_partner_strip_email, self).write(vals)
          return res

     @api.model
     def create(self, vals):
          if vals['email']:
               vals['email'] = vals['email'].strip()
          res = super(res_partner_strip_email, self).create(vals)
          return res