Query for valid email

[Simon Smith]

You can use telnet to query a mail server to see if the account exists.

https://www.webdigi.co.uk/blog/2009/how-to-check-if-an-email-address-exists-without-sending-an-email/

Simon

On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 1:42 AM, Bob Sneidar <bobsneidar at iotecdigital.com>
wrote:

> I don't think so. If it is a single server, and you can manage the server,
> I'd export a list of email addresses and that you can script. If not, then
> I would have bounce messages ruled into a particular mail folder. That way
> you can at least find a way to compile the bounced addresses. For instance,
> I can select multiple emails and click Forward, in which case a new email
> is created with the contents of the forwarded emails. Copy paste that into
> a text file and then you can script a way to find the bounced addresses.
>
> It's a kludge, but I think that is all you have without actually using a
> proper mailing list application, which might have a way to remove bounced
> addresses after a number of days or times.
>
> Bob S
>
>
> On Apr 27, 2016, at 17:12 , Skip Kimpel <skiplondon at gmail.com<mailto:
> skiplondon at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Is there a quick way to script out a process to validate if an email
> address is valid against the mail sever you are sending it to?  We are
> trying to scrub a large list of old emails to see if they are still valid
> or not.
>
> Your input would be most appreciated.
>
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