izbryte Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Ok, so I know how to validate the string and how to check and see if the domain is really out there but is there a god way to find out if the email address really exists? I've seen some programs claiming to do this but can they really? I've tried using the fsockopen() function but it really doesn't help all that much. Does anyone know a better way? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/22432-can-we-really-verify-email-addresses/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny5 Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 I hope I'm mistaken but isn't it impossible to have a reliable way to validate that a particular email address is setup on any given domain? This is the impression I have been given anyways.. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/22432-can-we-really-verify-email-addresses/#findComment-100573 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NevadaSam Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Send an email to them requiring that they click on a link to respond and verify that it is a valid email and that they received email sent to that address.sam Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/22432-can-we-really-verify-email-addresses/#findComment-100576 Share on other sites More sharing options...
izbryte Posted September 29, 2006 Author Share Posted September 29, 2006 [quote author=NevadaSam link=topic=109895.msg443397#msg443397 date=1159487668]Send an email to them requiring that they click on a link to respond and verify that it is a valid email and that they received email sent to that address.sam[/quote]I have email verification now but I have a long list that I'd like to verify. I'm tempted to purchase one of the programs that claims to do it but I don't want to waste money. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/22432-can-we-really-verify-email-addresses/#findComment-100641 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonic Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 if you have a long list of emails that needs to be verified just in the users table Send email to all users thats email wasn't verified using while statement then making board settings or w/e saying they cant submit/post anything without verifying there accounts. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/22432-can-we-really-verify-email-addresses/#findComment-100650 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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