Re: Check for valid email address

2004-10-01 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Gunnar" == Gunnar Hjalmarsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Gunnar> I never claimed the function to be perfect, and I said in Gunnar> practice. Noone is using such an address in real life unless they are Gunnar> asking for trouble; I'm sure you don't either. A frequent poster of past to comp

Re: Check for valid email address

2004-10-01 Thread Gunnar Hjalmarsson
Randal L. Schwartz wrote: "Gunnar" == Gunnar Hjalmarsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Gunnar> Or: This is a function I'm using in a couple of programs to check the Gunnar> syntax, and that I believe is sufficient in practice: Gunnar> sub emailsyntax { Gunnar> return 1 unless Gunnar>

Re: Check for valid email address

2004-10-01 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Gunnar" == Gunnar Hjalmarsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Gunnar> Or: This is a function I'm using in a couple of programs to check the Gunnar> syntax, and that I believe is sufficient in practice: Gunnar> sub emailsyntax { Gunnar> return 1 unless Gunnar>my ($loca

Re: Check for valid email address

2004-09-30 Thread Chris Devers
On Thu, 30 Sep 2004, Denzil Kruse wrote: > And BTW, I usually snip most of the history of the > email threads just to keep it clean. I don't know > what the etiquette is on this list. Do people like to > see the whole conversation? No! Strip messages down to the essentials of what you're reply

Re: Check for valid email address

2004-09-30 Thread Gunnar Hjalmarsson
Denzil Kruse wrote: I usually snip most of the history of the email threads just to keep it clean. Sounds as common sense to me, and it's probably part of the general 'netiquette' to only quote what's needed to give context. I don't know what the etiquette is on this list. Do people like to see th

Re: Check for valid email address

2004-09-30 Thread Denzil Kruse
--- Gunnar Hjalmarsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had a look at the source of Mail::Verify, and even > if the module > claims to verify the syntax, it doesn't really. You > may want to check > out e.g. Email::Valid, too. I already know the email is works because we've sent them before, so I'

Re: Check for valid email address

2004-09-30 Thread Gunnar Hjalmarsson
Sano Babu wrote: Gunnar let me ask u a question.. :) DO u ever sleep?? Yeah, it happens. :) U're constantly helping people out here... It seems u never step back from helping :) Well, I'm not alone, right? Actually, there are people for whom that is more true than it is for me, and who have been ar

Re: Check for valid email address

2004-09-30 Thread Sano Babu
On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 23:58:34 +0200, Gunnar Hjalmarsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Denzil Kruse wrote: > > Gunnar Hjalmarsson wrote: > >> What you can do is testing if the domain/host has an MX record. > >> And you can of course test the syntax, but that's it. > > > > Okay, that sounds like Mail::

Re: Check for valid email address

2004-09-30 Thread Gunnar Hjalmarsson
Denzil Kruse wrote: Gunnar Hjalmarsson wrote: What you can do is testing if the domain/host has an MX record. And you can of course test the syntax, but that's it. Okay, that sounds like Mail::Verify then. I had a look at the source of Mail::Verify, and even if the module claims to verify the synta

Re: Check for valid email address

2004-09-30 Thread Denzil Kruse
Gunnar Hjalmarsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'd say: Forget it. You can't find out whether >an email address is deliverable without asking >the mail server of that address, i.e. >trying to send a message. What you can do is >testing if the domain/host has an MX record. >And you can of cour

Re: Check for valid email address

2004-09-30 Thread Gunnar Hjalmarsson
Denzil Kruse wrote: I have a bunch of old email addresses in a database and would like to make sure they are deliverable before I try to send anything to them. Does anyone have any ideas or just point me in the right direction? I'd say: Forget it. You can't find out whether an email address is del

Check for valid email address

2004-09-30 Thread Denzil Kruse
Hi all, I have a bunch of old email addresses in a database and would like to make sure they are deliverable before I try to send anything to them. I don't need to find each and every bad one, just find most of them. Or at least reduce the undeliverables to a more managable level. I read t