Howard Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Shao Zhang wrote: > > > > Hi, > > I need to write a program to check if a given email address is > > valid. I cannot simply send a message to the email address and > > waiting for a bounce. > > > > The only way I can think is to telnet to the mail server on port > > 25 and do a VFRY command. However, some mail servers are > > configured not to allow such command. > > > > Is there any other way to do this?? > > > Try the "vrfy" application, available as a .deb
Hi, it seems that vrfy simplely calls VRFY after telneting to the mail server, and it still does not really check the validity. [14:31|pts/[EMAIL PROTECTED] % vrfy [EMAIL PROTECTED] send some mail, i'll try my best [14:31|pts/[EMAIL PROTECTED] % vrfy [EMAIL PROTECTED] VRFY not available Thanks. Shao. -- ____________________________________________________________________________ Shao Zhang - Running Debian 2.1 ___ _ _____ Department of Communications / __| |_ __ _ ___ |_ / |_ __ _ _ _ __ _ University of New South Wales \__ \ ' \/ _` / _ \ / /| ' \/ _` | ' \/ _` | Sydney, Australia |___/_||_\__,_\___/ /___|_||_\__,_|_||_\__, | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |___/ _____________________________________________________________________________
