- check if the format is valid
- go and connect to the smtp server of the given domain and verify if
the given email exists there
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On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 10:36:11AM +0100, BlackEagle wrote:
> - check if the format is valid
> - go and connect to the smtp server of the given domain and verify if
> the given email exists there
I'm still not convinced that this is the right way to go. This check is
quite technical and looks er
Contacting the mail server to verify that the mailbox exists seems a little
excessive.
I think just checking for an MX/A record is good in catching some obviously
fake addresses and reliable enough.
Maybe we should just stop there.
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 12:31 PM, Lukas Fleischer
wrote:
> On Tue
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 11:31:32AM +0100, Lukas Fleischer wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 10:36:11AM +0100, BlackEagle wrote:
> > - check if the format is valid
> > - go and connect to the smtp server of the given domain and verify if
> > the given email exists there
>
> I'm still not convinced
On 20.03.2012 10:36, BlackEagle wrote:
> - check if the format is valid
> - go and connect to the smtp server of the given domain and verify if
> the given email exists there
Good idea, but I've seen mail servers accepting all recipients during
the SMTP session, but later sending a DSN because t
2012/3/20 Florian Pritz
> On 20.03.2012 10:36, BlackEagle wrote:
> > - check if the format is valid
> > - go and connect to the smtp server of the given domain and verify if
> > the given email exists there
>
> Good idea, but I've seen mail servers accepting all recipients during
> the SMTP ses
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 12:06:03PM +0100, Ike Devolder wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 11:31:32AM +0100, Lukas Fleischer wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 10:36:11AM +0100, BlackEagle wrote:
> > > - check if the format is valid
> > > - go and connect to the smtp server of the given domain and ver
