Re: Email Verification

I don't have code, since I've never needed to do this, but can anyone see a problem with simply issuing a VRFY or an EXPN command instead of actually faking out sending a message? /bsh/ Martin Towell wrote:

You can use sockets and connect to their mail server (bit after the @) and "pretend" to send an email to them, but cancel the request before you actually send anything - doesn't always work though, as some servers will report back the all users are correct

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