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[Anon]

Is there a way to verify that an email address exists without sending something to it?

[Anon]

Not sure where you're headed with this, but you could probably at least check to see if it's a valid domain, using whois or nslookup or whatnot.

[Anon]

The problem is that I cannot send the mail unless the entry into the database was successful but I cannot enter the info into the database until the e-mail is successfull. I know that the domain is gonna be good because it's an intranet site and all the domains are the same so I don't even ask the user for the domain. Just the first part of his email address.

Thanks anywayz...

[Anon]

Store all the database info in a separate temporary table, and send an email for verification. In the email, tell the user to go to a certain webpage that will pass a hash value verifying to you that they received the email, then switch the data from the temp table to the master table. If the email is invalid, they don't get the hash value. If they don't get the hash value, the data won't be switched to the master dbase. Also, you would have to put an expiration date on yr old temp records, and have the script look for the expired ones and delete them.
Just an idea,
Justin