Re: Check for existence of mail address

Hi Daniel, hi Jonathan, hi folks, many THX for Your quick replies! On Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:46:02 -0400, "Daniel P. Brown" <daniel.brown@parasane.net> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 18:38, <webdev@blaettner.com> wrote: > > > > Is there any other function which checks whether this > > address really exists? > > Of course not! Can you imagine the implications, insecurities, > and privacy concerns that would be associated with that? Some > mailservers will confirm or deny if a local address exists, but not > most --- thankfully. Yeah, You're right! After 2 seconds of thinking I got it! And, on Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:48:55 -0300, Jonathan Tapicer <tapicer@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. Many THX !! I'll give it a try ... > 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/ ... after reading this concept :-) THX, bye, greetings to Canada and USA from (now pitch dark) Ol'Germany! Your Rolf APPENDIX: My original posting was: --snip----snip----snip----snip----snip----snip----snip----snip----snip-- > Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:38:56 +0200, From: webdev@blaettner.com > > 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 --snap----snap----snap----snap----snap----snap----snap----snap----snap-- -- Dipl.phys. Rudolf Otto Blättner, D 91074 Herzogenaurach, Germany.