one of those threads is on the right track. essentially, you want to send a telnet-based command to the mail server with the VRFY or EXPN commands to check for a valid account. unfortunately for your request, most mail server admins turn these features off.
without sending an email and using a reply as verification, this is the only real way to detect whether an address is real or not. performing a WHOIS on a domain can only tell you whether or not one or more MX records exist. some servers may accept the FINGER command for mail boxes as well. --dylan -----Original Message----- From: Joel Parramore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 4:14 AM To: CF-Server Subject: RE: Advanced Email Validation You might take a look at this message from the Allaire forums: http://forums.allaire.com/coldfusion/messageview.cfm?catid=7&threadid=215927 Hope this help... Regards, Joel Parramore > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 5:34 AM > To: CF-Server > Subject: Advanced Email Validation > > > Hey All, > > I'm looking for a tag that can verify email addresses beyond just > formatting. I need code that can check for a valid email address/box on a > remote mail server. I thought I heard rumors of such a thing on this list > before. > > If you know of a solution..or something similar, let me know. > Thanks > > Ron > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body or visit the list page at www.houseoffusion.com
