[PHP] Email Address Testing
Question: Is it possible to know which one of my hundreds if not thousands of email addresses are invalid without ever going through my return to sender address unknown emails or the receiver of the email ever responding? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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[snip] Question: Is it possible to know which one of my hundreds if not thousands of email addresses are invalid without ever going through my return to sender address unknown emails or the receiver of the email ever responding? [/snip] Do you mean using PHP? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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CSS wrote: Question: Is it possible to know which one of my hundreds if not thousands of email addresses are invalid without ever going through my return to sender address unknown emails or the receiver of the email ever responding? See, you have to write a Perl script to access a PostgreSQL database on a Mac OS X box. Then, you have to execute that Perl script via Netscape running thru IIS on that Mac box. Once that is done, you have to change the oil in your car, make sure to use 10W-30 Oh wait, this is a php mailing list, right? -- John C. Nichel ÜberGeek KegWorks.com 716.856.9675 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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Jay Blanchard wrote: [snip] Question: Is it possible to know which one of my hundreds if not thousands of email addresses are invalid without ever going through my return to sender address unknown emails or the receiver of the email ever responding? [/snip] Do you mean using PHP? if you do mean using php - you cannot do this *accurately* because an email address may be valid in it's format and still be non existent or temporarily unavailable. -- Raditha Dissanayake. http://www.radinks.com/sftp/ | http://www.raditha.com/megaupload Lean and mean Secure FTP applet with | Mega Upload - PHP file uploader Graphical User Inteface. Just 128 KB | with progress bar. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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Aren't there PHP SMTP classes that allow you to verify the validity of an email address? -Original Message- [snip] Question: Is it possible to know which one of my hundreds if not thousands of email addresses are invalid without ever going through my return to sender address unknown emails or the receiver of the email ever responding? [/snip] Do you mean using PHP? if you do mean using php - you cannot do this *accurately* because an email address may be valid in it's format and still be non existent or temporarily unavailable. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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[snip] Aren't there PHP SMTP classes that allow you to verify the validity of an email address? [/snip] Well, there is valid e-mail address formation and then valid, working, e-mail addresses. I think he is asking about the latter. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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Right. It's been a while, but I vaguely remember playing an SMTP class a while back that would actually establish a connection with the remote server and verify whether the address was a valid recipient. Of course, I also seem to recall that it took forever and bogged up a lot on addresses like AOL and MSN. Hehe In other words, I decided it wasn't for me, but it sounds like this guy might benefit from it. -Original Message- [snip] Aren't there PHP SMTP classes that allow you to verify the validity of an email address? [/snip] Well, there is valid e-mail address formation and then valid, working, e-mail addresses. I think he is asking about the latter. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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* Thus wrote Ed Lazor: Right. It's been a while, but I vaguely remember playing an SMTP class a while back that would actually establish a connection with the remote server and verify whether the address was a valid recipient. Of course, I also seem to recall that it took forever and bogged up a lot on addresses like AOL and MSN. Hehe In other words, I decided it wasn't for me, but it sounds like this guy might benefit from it. The problem is there can be many layers within SMTP, a MX server may accept a message (or reply ok with VRFY) but it doesn't mean the actual email is valid or gets delivered somewhere. The only sure way, to ensure an email is valid is by tricking the user to click on a link, like for example.. a spamcease link :) Curt -- First, let me assure you that this is not one of those shady pyramid schemes you've been hearing about. No, sir. Our model is the trapezoid! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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Curt Zirzow wrote: The only sure way, to ensure an email is valid is by tricking the user to click on a link, like for example.. a spamcease link :) Curt Not truethose links are not to validate your email address...those links are to actually remove you from the SPAM list. SPAMMERS would not try to trick you like that. ;) -- John C. Nichel ÜberGeek KegWorks.com 716.856.9675 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
