Re: Check for existence of mail address
| From: | TR Shaw | Date: | Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:49:02 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Check for existence of mail address | ||
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On Oct 25, 2010, at 6:46 PM, Daniel P. Brown 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.
Not true or else you would never get mail. What you mean is that most mailservers have VRFY disabled