Thanks for the help on this question. Philip
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of R. Scott Perry Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 3:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Confirming a user account exists >How can I confirm that an email account exists through telnet x.x.x.x 25? >Anyone know the exact commands to check the validity of a user account? There's no way to do it with 100% certainty on all servers. "VRFY [EMAIL PROTECTED]", if supported, will let you know whether or not an account exists. If VRFY isn't supported, you can try "MAIL FROM" and "RCPT TO" and see what happens (on IMail, for example, it will either tell you the account doesn't exist, or say "delivering to alternate" if an alias is being used (such as the "nobody" alias)). -Scott --- Declude: Anti-virus, Anti-spam and Anti-hijacking solutions for IMail. http://www.declude.com --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
