Check out this site, they have some utilities you can use to validate email addresses. http://www.jscape.com/emailinspector/index.html
Eric ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Pratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 01:43 pm Subject: Re: Check account using Java Mail > VRFY is an internal SMTP command. There's no way to directly issue it using > JavaMail, since it abstracts away that level of complexity. Suffice to say > that there is no sure fire way to automatically verify a user's email > address. Any email system that has an administrator with any brains has > disabled the VRFY command in the server so that it will not work, plus it > only works with SMTP servers to begin with. The only way to verify an email > address is to send an email to it and watch for rejections or bounces. Or > even better, make them reply to the mail before you'll consider it verified. > > You might have better luck with JavaMail questions in the JavaMail Interest > List. > (*Chris*) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Suryanarayana Murthy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 6:02 AM > Subject: Re: [JSP-INTEREST] Check account using Java Mail > > > > where to use this VRFY command . Is this command related to windows? how > to > > test this command. please throw some light if any one knows about this. > > > > Thanks & Regards, > > Suryanarayana Murthy A > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Ph: 8291680 Ext:1137 / 1136 > > Dial-Comm: 8* 742-1114/1118 > > > > > =========================================================================== > > To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff > JSP-INTEREST". > > For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST > DIGEST". > > Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: > > > > http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html > > http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html > > http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp > > http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp > > http://www.jspinsider.com > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > =========================================================================== > To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". > For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". > Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: > > http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html > http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html > http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp > http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp > http://www.jspinsider.com > =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp http://www.jspinsider.com
