RE: Email Address Validation

Nope, all I have is the Idea.... If you get it working, I would be interested in
it though....;) Sorry....

Michael L Smith
Web Developer
Professional Services
(501) 220-8551

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-----Original Message-----
From:   clintbrad4d(at)earthlink.net (Clint Bradford) 
Sent:   Tuesday, November 16, 1999 10:06 AM
To:     Michael L Smith
Cc:     clintbrad4d(at)earthlink.net; kynn(at)idyllmtn.com; hwg-software(at)hwg.org
Subject:        Re: Email Address Validation

That sounds ideal, Michael.

Do you have such a system implemented anywhere? I am not a programmer by any
means...

 - Clint

Michael L Smith wrote:

> Why don't you have an automated email address verification script that fires o
ff
> an email to the person and if it doesn't come back undeliverable, you should b
e
> ok to do the research and respond.....
>
> Michael L Smith
> Web Developer
> Professional Services
> (501) 220-8551
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> I wish Weekends were as long as Mondays!
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:   clintbrad4d(at)earthlink.net (Clint Bradford)
> Sent:   Monday, November 15, 1999 6:14 PM
> To:     kynn(at)idyllmtn.com
> Cc:     clintbrad4d(at)earthlink.net; hwg-software(at)hwg.org
> Subject:        Re: Email Address Validation
>
> Maybe if I went to a CGI script of sorts - where the visitor must manually
> enter his email address - that would "jar" their collective memory to use
> their REAL addresses.
>
> It's just frustrating to research an answer and email it off...only to have
> it bounce back as undeliverable....
>
>  - Clint
>
> Kynn Bartlett wrote:
>
> > At 02:47 PM 11/15/1999 , Clint Bradford wrote:
> > >I have been receiving a rash of email inquires off my site with BAD
> > >reply addresses.
> > >Is there a routine that checks the "validity" of an email address that I
> > >could use?
> >
> > There's ways to check to see if an email address is a legitimate
> > type of address (e.g., the right characters before and after the
> > @, and possibly looking up the domain to see if it exists), but short
> > of sending email there is no way to tell if an email address actually
> > will go to anyone.
> >
> > So, the answer is "kinda."
> >
> > --
> > Kynn Bartlett  <kynn(at)idyllmtn.com>                   http://www.kynn.com/
> > Chief Technologist, Idyll Mountain Internet      http://www.idyllmtn.com/
> > Next Speaking Stop: New Orleans, 9 Dec 99    http://www.builder.com/live/
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