I agree, I've done several things (vrfy, expn, structure check etc), but the
fact remains that email as it is setup within unix, and defined on the net
is not able to guarantee a check. It is store and forward, just like moms
and AQueues ... you are just plain out-of-luck.
You could say you were unable to verify the email address and ask if they
want to send it anyways, it might catch a few typos ... o r n ot.
Thor HW
----- Original Message -----
From: jon * <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 5:55 PM
Subject: Re: Help on Email Validation
> > If you want clean and Polite! email (avoiding spam and nuisance attacks)
> > then you should send an email to that account asking them to reply for
it to
> > be really setup.
>
> Yep, I agree 100%. Unfortunately, that isn't always possible and it isn't
> always a case of signing up for something. For example...a clear ink
> net-service site...<http://www.paletteman.com/>...you can email yourself
the
> colors you pick. well, it turns out that about 5 people/day can't type in
> their email addresses correctly. having a solution that works a bit better
> or does some sort of validation would be really cool.
>
> -jon
>
>
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