Re: Email Verification
| From: | Jason Wong | Date: | Mon, 25 Feb 2002 04:40:54 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Email Verification | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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On Monday 25 February 2002 07:43, Martin Towell wrote:
> 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?
It's usually turned off to prevent spammers from checking for valid email
addresses to which they can send their obnoxious stuff.
--
Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk
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