an MX record won't tell you if an email address exists...there is a DNS record called an MBX record but it's seldom used these days - something left over from the dark ages of DNS
what about sending a message to the address and then checking the undelivered folder for any bounces? john On 08/02/06, Protoculture <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Was wanting to confirm the existance of an email address at a particular > server and my co-worker has mentioned doing this in the past with PHP. > > Apparetly what needs to happen is to create a socket connection from > Coldfusion to the SMTP server. Then checking MX records. > > Is this possible? Can someone point me in the right direction? > > Cheers. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:231632 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
