Re: email validation (no regex)

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As an admin I would assume this as spammers trying to get some emails and I would block this on the firewall.


----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Sims" <michaels@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 4:22 PM
Subject: RE:  email validation (no regex)


Jim Moseby wrote:
There's no requirement for an MX-record, so you'd need to check the
A-record ($domain) too.

Excellent answer.  No requirement for MX record?

[showing my ignorance]
How does email routing happen if there is no mail exchanger in the
zonefile for a particular domain?
[/ignorance]

Most all mail transfer agents will fall back to looking for an A record if an MX record doesn't exist. It's good practice to define an MX record but it isn't
required...

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