Back to the question:
> But back to crock et al, are you also saying their methods will also give
> false indications of bad addresses?
best, paul
At 03:22 PM 5/31/02 -0400, you wrote:
>The first address tested was to AOL. They came back with a result of
>EXIST. For AOL, I would consider this a crock no matter how
>professional their explanations or their report.
>
>Just my opinion.
>
>Regards,
>
>Howie
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] (paul smith)>
>To: "inFusion Support List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 3:00 PM
>Subject: Re: [iMS] checking valid email
>
>
> > I'm not so sure I'd call it a crock. They were impressively careful in
> > explaining the difficulties of checking addresses. Outstanding
> service, too.
> >
> > The following is some of the info they provided:
> >
> > ===========================
> > OUTPUT FILES
> >
> > Bad Syntax - addresses are not in valid format. Often a minor correction to
> > the address is needed in order for it to be valid. The most common reason
> > is that there is no valid extension (i.e. .com, .net, etc). The second most
> > common reason is that there is a space somewhere in the email address. Bad
> > syntax addresses are also included on the "bad" list.
> >
> > Bad - addresses that are not deliverable. Generally, these consist of user
> > unknown errors. Also includes the addresses listed in the bad syntax file
> > to ensure that these are removed from the master list.
> >
> > Unknown - addresses which were not resolvable at the time of the test.
> >
> > Exist - confirmed deliverable addresses.
> >
> > Please note: for the past few days, compuserve.com addresses have not been
> > resolving during our checks. Consequently, they will appear on
> > the unknown list.
> > ===========================
> >
> > But back to crock et al, are you also saying their methods will also give
> > false indications of bad addresses?
> >
> > best, paul
> >
> >
>
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