You can use this class: http://www.webdigi.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/smtpvalidateclassphp.txt It may not work for some SMTPs. It uses the concepts explained here: http://www.webdigi.co.uk/blog/2009/how-to-check-if-an-email-address-exists-without-sending-an-email/ On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 7:38 PM, <webdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, folks, > > I'm wondering how to checking existence of a given > mail address like foo@xxxxxxx . > > At 1st I tried: > > if f (filter_var ($maddr, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL) === false) { > /* some sort of error handling code here */ > } > > where $maddr is the address to be checked. > But this checks only syntax.. :-( > > Is there any other function which checks whether this > address really exists? > > And, of course, I want to avoid sending a test mail just > for checking :-) > > Many THX in advance for suggestions, pointers... > > Rolf > -- > Dipl.phys. Rudolf Otto Blättner, > D 91074 Herzogenaurach, Germany. > > -- > 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
