What you could do additionally to syntax check, is to check if the domain they are giving is existant or not with checkdnsrr(). Still not 100% fullproof though :-(
cheers, thalis On Sun, 24 Feb 2002, Steven Walker wrote: > Does anybody know any good ways (or available code) for verifying email > addresses? > > Checking syntax is not enough.. I'd like to actually be able to test > whether the email address exists. > > Steven J. Walker > Walker Effects > www.walkereffects.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php