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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
sending it an email and asking for a response?
TIA
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Tim Slattery
KenK said: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.
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Twayne
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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.
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`
KenK said: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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J. P. Gilliver (John)
[]Twayne said:In
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.