RCPT failing in script - Works in Telnet

[khendar]

I've got a script which does email verification by connecting to the domain's mx server. The script in a nutshell:

 

 

$connect = @fsockopen($connectaddress, 25) 
if($connect){ 
  if(ereg("^220, $out = fgets($connect, 1024))){ 
    fputs ($connect , "HELO $HTTP_HOST\r\n"); 
    $out = fgets ($connect, 1024); 
    fputs ($connect , "MAIL FROM: $fromemail\r\n"); 
    $from = fgets ($connect, 1024); 
    fputs ($connect , "RCPT TO: $toemail\r\n"); 
    $to = fgets ($connect, 1024); 
    fputs ($connect , "QUIT"); 
    fclose($connect); 
    if(!ereg("^250", $from) || !ereg("^250", $to)) 
      return "The email address does not exist"; 
  } 
}

 

 

 

So basically, I open a socket, sent a HELO, then send MAIL FROM and RCPT TO and capture the returns, which I check for code 250 (OK). If it does not return OK then the address is deemed invalid.

 

The problem is that I'm finding its rejecting valid email addresses. The RCPT TO call is returning 550 - Blocked on email addresses that I know are valid. If I perform the same procedure via telnet, I get 220 returning from the RCPT call.

 

Any ideas ?

 

[btherl]

Could it be a newline issue?  Can you run a sniffer to detect the exact traffic going over the network?  If it gives a different response it must be getting different data from your script.

[sKunKbad]

Why reinvent the wheel? Theres a link to a nice script on the php.net getmxrr() page that I've been using.

[khendar]

I didn't write the script, I just have to get it working.

 

There's no way to sniff the data on the network.

 

I've tried all variations on the newline/return characters but they all either return the same error or don't run at all.