Re: Check for existence of mail address
| From: | Jonathan Tapicer | Date: | Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:48:55 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Check for existence of mail address | ||
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You can use this class:
http://www.webdigi.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/smtpvalidateclassphp.txt
It may not work for some SMTPs.
It uses the concepts explained here:
http://www.webdigi.co.uk/blog/2009/how-to-check-if-an-email-address-exists-without-sending-an-email/
On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 7:38 PM, <webdev@blaettner.com> wrote:
> Hi, folks,
>
> I'm wondering how to checking existence of a given
> mail address like foo@bar.com .
>
> At 1st I tried:
>
> if f (filter_var ($maddr, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL) === false) {
> /* some sort of error handling code here */
> }
>
> where $maddr is the address to be checked.
> But this checks only syntax.. :-(
>
> Is there any other function which checks whether this
> address really exists?
>
> And, of course, I want to avoid sending a test mail just
> for checking :-)
>
> Many THX in advance for suggestions, pointers...
>
> Rolf
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> D 91074 Herzogenaurach, Germany.
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