[thelist] Checking to see that an email account exists
John Handelaar
john at evolt.org.uk
Wed Jul 17 09:17:01 CDT 2002
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> [mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of Joshua Olson
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> Subject: [thelist] Checking to see that an email account exists
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> 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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