Re: Check for existence of mail address
| From: | Gary | Date: | Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:21:58 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Check for existence of mail address | ||
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Bob McConnell wrote:
> From: TR Shaw
>
>> 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.
>
> Of course it's true. Most servers will accept any email sent to a valid
> domain name
No, not unless they are specifically so configured. Normally they'll
return a 550 in such cases AFAIK.