<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ** Reply to note from "Steve Werby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue, 3 Apr
2001 15:24:29 -0400
> >
> >
> > I should have said there's no *reliable* way to check whether an email
> > address on an external server is valid.
>
> There is one _reliable_ way to verify the email address is valid.
>
> Generate a random password then send it to the email address they give
> you. Then pop up a page that tells them to check their email for the
> password. I include the user name and a link to the site in the email I
> generate.
You got me. <smile> I think the original poster wanted a method to
validate an email address through a PHP script only with no human
intervention. If that's not required your method certainly is a good one if
the user just entered the data and is patient enough to wait for the email.
You could even add a random code to the query string of the URL you email
and activate the user's record in a database after the the webpage with that
exact URL is viewed - saves typing in the password.
--
Steve Werby
President, Befriend Internet Services LLC
http://www.befriend.com/
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