TWussow wrote: > >What about some form of RCPTO verification - maybe develop a way of >shaking hands with the host; verifying, then hanging up?
Pretty easy to do and even to write yourself in CF (+ a telnet component). Query your email database, group by domain names. Then do a nslookup for the MX record. Connect to it using telnet, do a HELO, followed by a MAIl FROM and then a RCPT TO for each emailaddress in that domain. 5xx errors are permanent and you should remove the addresses from your database. End with a QUIT. I do it manually all the time to verify email addresses when I hunt spammers. >If I were a postmaster, I think that I would be in favor of some sort of >coop cleaning routine among honest (non-spamming) marketers, say once >per month?!?!? No. Only makes it harder to find the spammers doing a dictionary probe because the logfiles are larger. I would prefer the sending mail server to be smart enough to remove people when sending normal mail, instead of having to probe for it. Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
