Can anyone recommend anything that would be good to use on an existing mailing list that is a few years old and didn't have any bounce handling? On 27/03/2008, Manuel Lemos <mlemos@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello, > > on 03/26/2008 02:28 PM Al said the following: > > I'm scripting a simple registry where the user can input their name and > > email address. > > > > I'd like to do a quick validity check on the email address they just > > inputted. I can check the syntax, etc. but want check if the address > > exists. I realize that servers can take a long time to bounce etc. I'll > > just deal with this separately. > > > > Is there a better way than simply sending a test email to see if it > > bounces? > > You may want to try this E-mail validation PHP class that does just > that. It simulates an attempt to send a message to the SMTP server of > the e-mail domain. It does not finish to send the message. The message > could still bounce later, but at least you will still detect some > invalid addresses. > > http://www.phpclasses.org/emailvalidation > > > -- > > Regards, > Manuel Lemos > > PHP professionals looking for PHP jobs > http://www.phpclasses.org/professionals/ > > PHP Classes - Free ready to use OOP components written in PHP > http://www.phpclasses.org/ > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >
