Re: Validation Email in PHP programs

<php3@developersdesk.com> wrote: > ** Reply to note from "Steve Werby" <steve-lists@befriend.com> Tue, 3 Apr 2001 15:24:29 -0400 > > > > > > I should have said there's no *reliable* way to check whether an email > > address on an external server is valid. > > There is one _reliable_ way to verify the email address is valid. > > Generate a random password then send it to the email address they give > you. Then pop up a page that tells them to check their email for the > password. I include the user name and a link to the site in the email I > generate. You got me. <smile> I think the original poster wanted a method to validate an email address through a PHP script only with no human intervention. If that's not required your method certainly is a good one if the user just entered the data and is patient enough to wait for the email. You could even add a random code to the query string of the URL you email and activate the user's record in a database after the the webpage with that exact URL is viewed - saves typing in the password. -- Steve Werby President, Befriend Internet Services LLC http://www.befriend.com/