Re: check if the email address is valid

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Shao Zhang) wrote: > 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

Re: check if the email address is valid

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

check if the email address is valid

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 m