The only way to do that would be to open a connection to the SMTP server directly and try and send the email. (Instead of using the mail function) This way the mail server would give you an error code if it didn't work.
=C= * Cal Evans * Stay Plugged Into Your Audience * http://www.christianperformer.com -----Original Message----- From: Stephen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 8:05 PM To: PHP List Subject: [PHP] Valid Email Question Is there anyway you can email a certain email a user enters, see if it bounces back, and if it does, tell the user to enter a valid username? I've always wanted to do this but I'm not sure how to see if it bounces back. Thanks, Stephen Craton http://www.melchior.us -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
