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March 28th 13, 02:50 PM
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Verify email address?
Is there any way to verify that an email address is still in use? Besides
sending it an email and asking for a response? TIA -- "Where there's smoke there's toast!" Anon 
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March 28th 13, 04:19 PM
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Verify email address?
KenK wrote:
Is there any way to verify that an email address is still in use? Besides sending it an email and asking for a response? No. Only the mail server on the receiving end knows for sure. -- Tim Slattery
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March 29th 13, 08:36 PM
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KenK typed: Is there any way to verify that an email address is still in use? Besides sending it an email and asking for a response? TIA There are some apps available that will check to the NS but not to the specific machine; that can't be done. It's a lot faster and less hassle to send a mail & see if it bounces. Normally the bounce will come back in just a few minutes but can take longer. No bounce only means the mail was received; N OT that it was read or reached the intended recipient, same as the MX and NS server apps. Try looking up the email address on a search engine and see what you get for links. It may be an abandoned account, meaning the mail is still accepted but no one ever reads it. Or a full mailbox or one of many other reasons, including the account having been compromised. HTH, Twayne`
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March 31st 13, 03:28 AM
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Verify email address?
In message , Twayne
writes: In , KenK typed: Is there any way to verify that an email address is still in use? Besides sending it an email and asking for a response? TIA There are some apps available that will check to the NS but not to the specific machine; that can't be done. It's a lot faster and less hassle to send a mail & see if it bounces. Normally the bounce will come back in just a few minutes but can take longer. No bounce only means the mail was received; N OT that it was read or reached the intended recipient, same as the MX and NS server apps. [] I don't think it even means that: many servers, especially corporate and academic ones, send no response when they receive email for dead or invalid accounts. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Don't play "stupid" with me... I'm better at it.
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