Test An EMail Ending Using Access 2000

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Hi all,

I with a lot of help from others managed to create an database for checking
data accuracy. One of the checks is to check Email adddress endings to make
sure they have a valid domain e.g. .co.uk .com etc. These are stored in a
table. Just today I found out you could ping sites to see if they are valid.
i.e. Ping google.co.uk.

So, what I would like to do is have a function simply for testing an Email
address by pinging. And then return 1 for good or 0 for bad. I could then
append all of the endings which pinged (1) into my allowed Email table.

Can anyone tell memhow I could do this. Dare I say it, but Im quite excite
about the possibilities..I am sad.
 
SEAN said:
Hi all,

I with a lot of help from others managed to create an database for
checking data accuracy. One of the checks is to check Email adddress
endings to make sure they have a valid domain e.g. .co.uk .com etc.
These are stored in a table. Just today I found out you could ping
sites to see if they are valid. i.e. Ping google.co.uk.

So, what I would like to do is have a function simply for testing an
Email address by pinging. And then return 1 for good or 0 for bad.
I could then append all of the endings which pinged (1) into my
allowed Email table.

Can anyone tell memhow I could do this. Dare I say it, but Im quite
excite about the possibilities..I am sad.
Click to expand...

Not all domain sites would respond with a ping in the first place.

Email is inherantly "iffy". All you can do is make sure it is sent. After
that...?
 
I take your point Rick...i.e. some sites I guess would not reply to a ping.
But it will help me. Is it possible, I produced a report myself of all Email
Endings such as @thinktank.ac. I pinged it..it replyed so I added it to my
list of possible EmailEndings. I know it wont be 100%...but if I had code to
try a ping...and if successful, add the ending to my list it would be
brilliant.
 
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