Re: Email Verification

It may of allready been mentioned, but why don't you just send out a "Click The Link To Verify" email... that way you are allways 100% sure the email addy works.. Just requires the user to follow a link Andrew ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Towell" <martin.towell@world.net> To: <bsh-php@sun.com>; <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 11:43 PM Subject: 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 >