Re: simple email validation ereg
| From: | Miguel Cruz | Date: | Thu, 06 Jun 2002 02:09:24 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: simple email validation ereg | ||
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On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Alexander Skwar wrote:
> So sprach Jason Wong am 2002-06-03 um 12:10:29 +0800 :
>> The lack of an MX record doesn't necessarily mean mail will not get
>> through, so you cannot use that as a test for whether the address is
>> valid.
>
> It will not? Do you have an example? How is a mail server supposed to
> know where the mail should be delivered if there's no MX?
By looking up the A record.
miguel