Verify email address?

[KenK]

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

 

[Tim Slattery]

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.

 

[Twayne]

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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`

 

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

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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.

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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.