of email, but it might work
50% of the time
Ted
Message: 1
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:37:42 +0100
From: Gino Pacitti ginok...@mac.com
Subject: Validating Email
To: WebObjects-Dev Mailing List List webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com
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Hi List
Is there any Framework to validate if an email address being entered
ACTUALLY exists...
Not just that its correctly formatted but that the account exists on a
server somewhere?
I have an app that needs Contact Information validation
GIno
I think the only way to do that is to send an email to that account with a
verification link (direct action back into the app) that needs to be clicked
once the mail is received.
On 2011-10-25, at 8:37 AM, Gino Pacitti wrote:
Hi List
Is there any Framework to validate if an email address
Or to be negative by checking bounces. But yeah, in any case, the only way to
find if an email address exist is to send an email, it's not like the good old
days where we could actually send a command to a SMTP server to ask if the
email is valid (or to use finger!).
I think the only way to
What Chuck said.
But to elaborate: 1) You can check the format. 2) You can check the domain for
an MX record. (Be aware step 2 can take several seconds or more.) and 3) send
an email. Anything other than that is pointless.
You could try to check the address at the mail server with VRFY.
What a wonderful world spammers have brought us!
On 2011-10-28, at 6:04 PM, Ramsey Gurley wrote:
What Chuck said.
But to elaborate: 1) You can check the format. 2) You can check the domain
for an MX record. (Be aware step 2 can take several seconds or more.) and 3)
send an email.
