yea, short of that there's not a lot you can do with syntactically valid emails.
I would just send them all and collect the bounces. After categorising the bounce messages and separating out-of-office repies from true bounces then you can filter your dataset and improve the quality of the list for the next one, whilst reporting on the quality of this initial list. This is what I did for our mailing software. It helps our clients go back to their data providers and get money back for crap lists! :D Lycos had a small issue with claritas after one mailing. > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Horn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 23 March 2004 14:06 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [ cf-dev ] cleaning email lists... > > > hmmm > > Good point > > but short of doing a raw smtp thingum to verify the > existance of the mail server? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rich Wild" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 3:59 PM > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] cleaning email lists... > > > > > Creatre a table of common misspellings andrun a query to > match them > > > > > > every time you find a new one add it to the table > > > > The problem with that though is what if [EMAIL PROTECTED] > is a real > email > > address? It's a valid domain, and its owned by someone, so why > > shouldn't they send e-mail through it? > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Matt Horn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: 23 March 2004 13:56 > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: [ cf-dev ] cleaning email lists... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > what can/do you do against muppets like: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > just delete them - I don't want people that stupid to > use my site > > > > anyway > > > ;-) > > > > > > > > Ian W > > > > > > Creatre a table of common misspellings andrun a query to > match them > > > > > > every time you find a new one add it to the table > > > > > > > > > -- > > > These lists are syncronised with the CFDeveloper forum at > > > http://forum.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > > Archive: > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > > > > > CFDeveloper Sponsors and contributors:- > > > *Hosting and support provided by CFMXhosting.co.uk* :: *ActivePDF > > > provided by activepdf.com* > > > *Forums provided by fusetalk.com* :: *ProWorkFlow > provided by > > > proworkflow.com* > > > *Tutorials provided by helmguru.com* :: *Lists > hosted by > > > gradwell.com* > > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > -- > > These lists are syncronised with the CFDeveloper forum at > http://forum.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > > > CFDeveloper Sponsors and contributors:- > > *Hosting and support provided by CFMXhosting.co.uk* :: *ActivePDF > > provided > by activepdf.com* > > *Forums provided by fusetalk.com* :: *ProWorkFlow provided by > proworkflow.com* > > *Tutorials provided by helmguru.com* :: *Lists hosted by > gradwell.com* > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > These lists are syncronised with the CFDeveloper forum at > http://forum.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > CFDeveloper Sponsors and contributors:- > *Hosting and support provided by CFMXhosting.co.uk* :: > *ActivePDF provided by activepdf.com* > *Forums provided by fusetalk.com* :: *ProWorkFlow > provided by proworkflow.com* > *Tutorials provided by helmguru.com* :: *Lists > hosted by gradwell.com* > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- These lists are syncronised with the CFDeveloper forum at http://forum.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ CFDeveloper Sponsors and contributors:- *Hosting and support provided by CFMXhosting.co.uk* :: *ActivePDF provided by activepdf.com* *Forums provided by fusetalk.com* :: *ProWorkFlow provided by proworkflow.com* *Tutorials provided by helmguru.com* :: *Lists hosted by gradwell.com* To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
