+++ Logu [linux-india] <14/12/01 13:08 +0530>:
>  forgot to mention where i exactly want this.  We have a subscription form
> in our website and people give some non-existant email-ids but valid in
> syntax. When the automatic reply is send these gets bounced are keeps trying
> in our mailserver. So I want to avoid this in the mailserver.
> I am using sendmail 8.10. Is there any provision in sendmail to this.

As I told you before, use majordomo / mailman for this sort of thing.

> > I think the mail headers will give you an idea of whether the email is a
> > valid email or not ....... You would have to read the header from bottom
> > to top. This will give you the various servers which helped in the mail to
> > reach ... The first among them should give you an idea about the domain
> > from which it is send.
> > balu
> >
> 
> >>
> >> Is there a way to check the validity of an e-mail, not simply the syntax
> but
> >> it should check if the domain and the user in that domain exists.(atleast
> >> the domain).
> >>
> >> -Logu
> 
> 
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