RE: [PHP] Email Verification

I tried doing that, but some servers don't support them :( -----Original Message----- From: Billy S Halsey [mailto:bsh-php@sun.com] Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 10:39 AM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] 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 > -- /---------------------------------------------=[ BILLY S HALSEY ]=--\ | Member of Technical Staff, Sun Microsystems, Inc. ESP Solaris SW | | "All opinions and technical advice offered in this message are my | | own and not necessarily endorsed by my employer." | \--=[ bsh-php@sun.com ]=--------------------------------------------/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php