As I said, I have used sites where they seem able to verify that you have enetered junk, like they know it's random charcaters and not a word. Obviously would only count for english though I spose.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Simon Horwith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 11 October 2003 21:40 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Valid address checker > > > to check street addresses, there isn't a whole lot you can do > other than verifying that it begins with a numeric character > followed by whatever, followed by a space, followed by some > alpha-numeric characters. Other than that, you could use a > web service or other source to try and validate that it's a > valid street... but streets (in the States, anyway) are added > so frequently that you'd be putting a lot of faith in an > imperfect validation source. My earlier suggestion would > again hold true here... if it's got 5 or 6 non-vowel > characters in a row, it's probably bullshit. > > ~Simon > > Simon Horwith > CTO, Etrilogy Ltd. > Member of Team Macromedia > Macromedia Certified Instructor > Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer > Certified Flash MX Developer > CFDJList - List Administrator > http://www.how2cf.com/ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Snake Hollywood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 11 October 2003 21:31 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Valid address checker > > > When I say addresses, I don't mean e-mail. I mean street addresses. > > E.g > > 1 sevenacres grove > Valid address > > Sdklfjdkslfjdkl > Invalid address > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Simon Horwith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 11 October 2003 21:08 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Valid address checker > > > > > > not to say that this is the best solution, but off of the top of my > > head one thing you can do is check to make sure that an address > > username doesn't have more than 4 or 5 consanants in a > row... that's > > an extremely rare case with legitimate addresses. You can > also finger > > addresses, but you then have to accept that fingering isn't > going to > > work with web-based e-mail clients like hotmail, yahoo, > etc. Not last > > time I checked, anyway. This obviously isn't going to catch 100% of > > the garbage - but the odds are good that whatever it does > > catch, is garbage. > > > > ~Simon > > > > Simon Horwith > > CTO, Etrilogy Ltd. > > Member of Team Macromedia > > Macromedia Certified Instructor > > Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer > > Certified Flash MX Developer > > CFDJList - List Administrator > > http://www.how2cf.com/ > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Snake Hollywood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 11 October 2003 19:49 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [ cf-dev ] Valid address checker > > > > > > Guys, > > > > I am really getting miffed with all the bogus signups on > cfdeveloper > > now, it wastes my time having to sift through all the bogus ones to > > validate the legit ones. Does anyone have any kind of > script that can > > intelligently check form fields and identify addresses or > names which > > are total garbage so I can reject them. I have registered on sites > > myself and just typed in junk and it has been caught as junk, so I > > know it's not an impossible request. > > > > Russ Michaels > > Macromedia/Allaire Certified ColdFusion Developer > > > > CFDeveloper > > The free resource and community for ColdFusion developer. > http://www.cfdeveloper.co.uk > > Join the CFDeveloper discussion lists. > To subscribe send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
