You can use telnet to query a mail server to see if the account exists. https://www.webdigi.co.uk/blog/2009/how-to-check-if-an-email-address-exists-without-sending-an-email/
Simon On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 1:42 AM, Bob Sneidar <bobsnei...@iotecdigital.com> wrote: > I don't think so. If it is a single server, and you can manage the server, > I'd export a list of email addresses and that you can script. If not, then > I would have bounce messages ruled into a particular mail folder. That way > you can at least find a way to compile the bounced addresses. For instance, > I can select multiple emails and click Forward, in which case a new email > is created with the contents of the forwarded emails. Copy paste that into > a text file and then you can script a way to find the bounced addresses. > > It's a kludge, but I think that is all you have without actually using a > proper mailing list application, which might have a way to remove bounced > addresses after a number of days or times. > > Bob S > > > On Apr 27, 2016, at 17:12 , Skip Kimpel <skiplon...@gmail.com<mailto: > skiplon...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Is there a quick way to script out a process to validate if an email > address is valid against the mail sever you are sending it to? We are > trying to scrub a large list of old emails to see if they are still valid > or not. > > Your input would be most appreciated. > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- Carpe diem *Simon Smith* m. +27 83 306 7862 _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
