Yes, you're absolutely correct - which is why these tools are not worth the money.
Regards, Howie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Everland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 1:47 PM Subject: RE: Anyone use this email Verifier? > I was messing with that a while ago, and I realized that there isn't a clear > way to be told if it's a valid email address unless you actually send an > email to the user and have a portion on their end to finish registration. > Some email servers give an error and say that there isn't a user and some > won't. The only sure way is to have that user answer a question or follow a > link through the mail. > > Robert Everland III > Web Developer Extraordinaire > Dixon Ticonderoga Company > http://www.dixonusa.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 1:52 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Anyone use this email Verifier? > > > A word of warning - Email address verifiers are never 100% accurate (and the > accuracy is probably nowhere near 100%). > > Personally, I'd save the $35 registration fee and use something like Lewis > Seller's TCP tools and make my own. > > Regards, > > -- > Howie Hamlin - inFusion Project Manager > On-Line Data Solutions, Inc. - www.CoolFusion.com - 631-737-4668 x101 > inFusion Mail Server (iMS) - The Award-winning, Intelligent Mail Server > >>> Find out how iMS Stacks up to the competition: > >>> http://www.coolfusion.com/imssecomparison.cfm > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeff Green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 1:58 PM > Subject: OT: Anyone use this email Verifier? > > > > Just wondering if anyone has any experience with this "Advanced Email > > Verifier" > > > > http://www.glocksoft.com/aevcgi/ > > > > thx, > > jeff > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
