RE: [PHP] check is pop address
| From: | Adrian Teasdale | Date: | Wed, 11 Jun 2003 07:25:18 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] check is pop address | ||
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Chris
If you use a service like geoip I know that they have a list of all the free
email providers and you can check against this database. This is useful as
one tool for anti-fraud checking. Not sure if this is what you were looking
for, but I thought I'd throw it in.
Ade
sourceguardian.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Kay [mailto:Chris.Kay@techex.com.au]
> Sent: 11 June 2003 08:22
> To: Chris Hayes; php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: RE: [PHP] check is pop address
>
>
>
> You can now pop hotmail accounts as well, not to mention most email
> providers have web based systems for their customers to read/send mail.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> Chris Kay
> Techex Communications
> Website: www.techex.com.au Email: chris.kay@techex.net.au
> Telephone: 1300 88 111 2 - Fax: 1300 882 221
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Hayes [mailto:chayes@antenna.nl]
> Sent: Wednesday, 11 June 2003 5:18 PM
> To: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [PHP] check is pop address
>
> At 17:06 10-6-03, you wrote:
> >Hi there,
> >I was wondering whether someone could tell me whether it is possible to
> use
> >PHP to check whether a user supplied email address is a pop address as
> >opposed to a web based address like hotmail. Have done some searching
> but
> >cant seem to turn any answers up.
> >Thanx in advance for any replys,
> >Phil S
>
> Is this to check that you have genuinely interested people? I'm afraid
> you
> cannot make a clear distinction between webbased and pop, at @zonnet.nl
> for
> instance i can get a free account AND access it through a web interface
> or
> with POP. Same for my paid account.
>
>
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