[thelist] Checking to see that an email account exists

[John Handelaar]

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> From: thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org
> [mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of Joshua Olson
> Sent: 17 July 2002 15:09
> To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> Subject: [thelist] Checking to see that an email account exists
>
> Does anybody know the preferred/easiest method for asking a mail
> server if a
> particular email address is valid?  Is there some sort of anonymous POP3
> command that does it?  any SMTP commands?  Telnet?

Yep, but every server has it disabled these days.

Otherwise $spammer_of_your_choice could telnet into
port 110 and get a full list of your domain's valid
addresses.

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