Re: [mailop] Best strategy to prune address list

2019-11-24 Thread ml+mailop--- via mailop
On Sun, Nov 24, 2019, Michael Orlitzky via mailop wrote: > For the same reason, I would recommend verifying the addresses against a > simple regular expression to catch typos, rather than against the full > rfc5322 grammar which allows basically anything. Hopefully not the one which is used on mo

Re: [mailop] Best strategy to prune address list

2019-11-24 Thread Michael Orlitzky via mailop
On 11/24/19 12:17 PM, Jaroslaw Rafa via mailop wrote: > > Just to be precise, you should check for either MX or A/ record. This prevents you from eliminating a huge number of bad addresses, though, to save a negligible amount of good ones. For the same reason, I would recommend verifying the

Re: [mailop] Best strategy to prune address list

2019-11-24 Thread Jaroslaw Rafa via mailop
Dnia 24.11.2019 o godz. 17:47:43 hg user via mailop pisze: > When I had to do this kind of work on a mailing list, *more than 10 years > ago*, I started creating a list of all the unique email domains, then with > a script check if a MX record was present. Just to be precise, you should check for

Re: [mailop] Best strategy to prune address list

2019-11-24 Thread hg user via mailop
When I had to do this kind of work on a mailing list, *more than 10 years ago*, I started creating a list of all the unique email domains, then with a script check if a MX record was present. I think this method can be used today just to check how many domains are no longer active and how many add

Re: [mailop] Best strategy to prune address list

2019-11-24 Thread Jaroslaw Rafa via mailop
Dnia 23.11.2019 o godz. 20:05:07 Tom Ivar Helbekkmo via mailop pisze: > In the olden days, one would simply write a script, using expect(1) or > similar, to go through the addresses, connect to the target MTAs, and do > an SMTP VRFY on the recipient address. Today, I suspect that most MTAs > will