On Oct 25, 2010, at 6:38 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,
Since most mailservers have disabled VRFY long ago due to spammers and other miscreants.
Easiest way is to use class.smtp.php form phpmailer using the following:
$smtp = new SMTP
if (empty($smtp->Connect())) return false; // Connect failure
if (empty($smtp->Hello("yourmailerver.com")) return false; //Maybe not a mailserve
if(empty($smtp->Recipient($to))) return false; //No such user
$smtp->Close(); // Found user so abort transaction.
return true;
Tom
