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I suggested that a while back but was told that due to spam, you can get lots of false negatives from this technique and others. The best way to validate an em
by drivebyacct 16y ago
I suggested that a while back but was told that due to spam, you can get lots of false negatives from this technique and others.
The best way to validate an email remains to be a test email apparently.
- pkulak 16y agoYeah, that's a really quick way to get IP banned from most email hosts.
- spicyj 16y agoYou must be thinking of something like this: http://www.webdigi.co.uk/blog/2009/how-to-check-if-an-email-address-exists-without-sending-an-email/ http://www.webdigi.co.uk/blog/2009/how-to-check-if-an-email-... Merely looking up MX records is something you do for a _domain_ and it's no different than the DNS requests your computer makes when you go to a website.