Re: Verifying an e-mail address

2011-07-05 Thread Rob Dixon
On 27/06/2011 21:46, Marc wrote: On Jun 27, 2011, at 1:27 PM, Bob McConnell wrote: The problem with this is that, due to the spam plague, most servers will no longer tell you if an address is valid. Many do not even return a bounce message, but silently discard any and all mail for unknown add

RE: Verifying an e-mail address

2011-07-05 Thread Mimi Cafe
eck => 1 ) ? '1' : '0'); } => -Original Message- => From: Jim Gibson [mailto:jimsgib...@gmail.com] => Sent: 27 June 2011 20:04 => To: Perl Beginners => Subject: Re: Verifying an e-mail address => => On 6/27/11 Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:53 AM, "sono...@fannullo

Re: Verifying an e-mail address

2011-07-01 Thread Wernher Eksteen
On 27 June 2011 20:53, wrote: >I'd like to find a way to check if an e-mail address that is entered > on a form is valid or, at the very least, just not invalid. Checking CPAN, > I ran across a module called Email::Verify::SMTP. Has anyone used this > before? If so, what are your impre

Re: Verifying an e-mail address

2011-07-01 Thread sono-io
Rick, Thank's for the script! I appreciate your help. Marc On Jun 27, 2011, at 5:24 PM, Rick Sanders wrote: > Hi, > > I posted a reply to your question but it hasn't shown up yet so maybe there's > a problem with my News server. Anyway, here is a script that should let you > do v

RE: Verifying an e-mail address

2011-06-29 Thread Wagner, David --- Sr Programmer Analyst --- CFS
>-Original Message- >From: sono...@fannullone.us [mailto:sono...@fannullone.us] >Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 13:15 >To: Jim Gibson >Cc: Perl Beginners >Subject: Re: Verifying an e-mail address > >On Jun 27, 2011, at 12:04 PM, Jim Gibson wrote: > >> '

Re: Verifying an e-mail address

2011-06-27 Thread Octavian Rasnita
From: On Jun 27, 2011, at 1:27 PM, Bob McConnell wrote: The problem with this is that, due to the spam plague, most servers will no longer tell you if an address is valid. Many do not even return a bounce message, but silently discard any and all mail for unknown addresses. Good points. I'm

Re: Verifying an e-mail address

2011-06-27 Thread sono-io
On Jun 27, 2011, at 1:27 PM, Bob McConnell wrote: > The problem with this is that, due to the spam plague, most servers will > no longer tell you if an address is valid. Many do not even return a > bounce message, but silently discard any and all mail for unknown > addresses. Good points.

RE: Verifying an e-mail address

2011-06-27 Thread Bob McConnell
From: sono...@fannullone.us > On Jun 27, 2011, at 12:20 PM, Wagner, David wrote: > > > Unless you make it a two step process: 1) Send email and individual has to reply or click an url, I don't believe you can know if the account is active, etc WITOUT the sending. > > I can see how that

Re: Verifying an e-mail address

2011-06-27 Thread Rob Dixon
On 27/06/2011 19:53, sono...@fannullone.us wrote: I'd like to find a way to check if an e-mail address that is entered on a form is valid or, at the very least, just not invalid. Checking CPAN, I ran across a module called Email::Verify::SMTP. Has anyone used this before? If so, what are your im

Re: Verifying an e-mail address

2011-06-27 Thread Octavian Rasnita
From: On Jun 27, 2011, at 12:20 PM, Wagner, David wrote: > Unless you make it a two step process: 1) Send email and individual has to > reply or click an url, I don't believe you can know if the account is active, > etc WITOUT the sending. I can see how that would work fine for a forum, but t

Re: Verifying an e-mail address

2011-06-27 Thread sono-io
On Jun 27, 2011, at 12:20 PM, Wagner, David wrote: > Unless you make it a two step process: 1) Send email and individual has > to reply or click an url, I don't believe you can know if the account is > active, etc WITOUT the sending. I can see how that would work fine for a forum,

Re: Verifying an e-mail address

2011-06-27 Thread Jim Gibson
On 6/27/11 Mon Jun 27, 2011 12:14 PM, "sono...@fannullone.us" scribbled: > On Jun 27, 2011, at 12:04 PM, Jim Gibson wrote: > >> 'perldoc -q address' "How do I check a valid mail address?" > > Thanks, Jim, I'm reading that now. However, after glancing at it, I may not > have been clear in wh

Re: Verifying an e-mail address

2011-06-27 Thread sono-io
On Jun 27, 2011, at 12:04 PM, Jim Gibson wrote: > 'perldoc -q address' "How do I check a valid mail address?" Thanks, Jim, I'm reading that now. However, after glancing at it, I may not have been clear in what I actually want. I'm looking to see if it's valid as far as preventing an

Re: Verifying an e-mail address

2011-06-27 Thread sono-io
Octavian, > I recommend Email::Valid. Any particular reason? Marc -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/

Re: Verifying an e-mail address

2011-06-27 Thread Octavian Rasnita
From: I'd like to find a way to check if an e-mail address that is entered on a form is valid or, at the very least, just not invalid. Checking CPAN, I ran across a module called Email::Verify::SMTP. Has anyone used this before? If so, what are your impressions? If this is not a good mod

Re: Verifying an e-mail address

2011-06-27 Thread Jim Gibson
On 6/27/11 Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:53 AM, "sono...@fannullone.us" scribbled: > I'd like to find a way to check if an e-mail address that is entered on a form > is valid or, at the very least, just not invalid. Checking CPAN, I ran across > a module called Email::Verify::SMTP. Has anyone used this

Verifying an e-mail address

2011-06-27 Thread sono-io
I'd like to find a way to check if an e-mail address that is entered on a form is valid or, at the very least, just not invalid. Checking CPAN, I ran across a module called Email::Verify::SMTP. Has anyone used this before? If so, what are your impressions? If this is not a