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    Juan Carlos Cobas
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    Hi! I have a file with a huge number of email addresses. I'd like to validate them to make sure that each email is well-formed, the DNS actually exists and perhaps SMTP validation. I found several web pages that can be used to validate single email addresses, but do you know any web page/tool to use with massive emails? Thanks Carlos

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      Hi! I have a file with a huge number of email addresses. I'd like to validate them to make sure that each email is well-formed, the DNS actually exists and perhaps SMTP validation. I found several web pages that can be used to validate single email addresses, but do you know any web page/tool to use with massive emails? Thanks Carlos

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      David Wulff
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      Juan Carlos Cobas wrote: web pages that can be used to validate single email addresses :eek:


      David Wulff

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        Juan Carlos Cobas wrote: web pages that can be used to validate single email addresses :eek:


        David Wulff

        "It is a helpless feeling to be unable to make something so terribly wrong... right."

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        Juan Carlos Cobas
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        :confused::confused:

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        • J Juan Carlos Cobas

          Hi! I have a file with a huge number of email addresses. I'd like to validate them to make sure that each email is well-formed, the DNS actually exists and perhaps SMTP validation. I found several web pages that can be used to validate single email addresses, but do you know any web page/tool to use with massive emails? Thanks Carlos

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          Chris Maunder
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          The Dundas Mailer[^] is free and has a ValidateAddress method that will do the trick. cheers, Chris Maunder

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          • C Chris Maunder

            The Dundas Mailer[^] is free and has a ValidateAddress method that will do the trick. cheers, Chris Maunder

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            Juan Carlos Cobas
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            Thanks Chris, I'll give it a try :)

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              Hi! I have a file with a huge number of email addresses. I'd like to validate them to make sure that each email is well-formed, the DNS actually exists and perhaps SMTP validation. I found several web pages that can be used to validate single email addresses, but do you know any web page/tool to use with massive emails? Thanks Carlos

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              Paul Watson
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              Apologies if this is totally unhelpful: ^[\w-\.]{1,}\@([\da-zA-Z-]{1,}\.){1,}[\da-zA-Z-]{2,3}$ That is an email validation regular expression string. I have been using in a bulk emailer project and it works pretty well.

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                Apologies if this is totally unhelpful: ^[\w-\.]{1,}\@([\da-zA-Z-]{1,}\.){1,}[\da-zA-Z-]{2,3}$ That is an email validation regular expression string. I have been using in a bulk emailer project and it works pretty well.

                Paul Watson
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                Cape Town, South Africa

                Chris Losinger wrote: i hate needles so much i can't even imagine allowing one near The Little Programmer

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                Lunchy
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                Mmmmm Regex's, mix that with a little perl, some Net::Ping and Net::SMTP, and you're all set, 30-50 lines later you're off to the races. *Drool* Sounds so fun, I almost feel like doin it even though I don't need it! :-D -Lunchy

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                  :confused::confused:

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                  David Wulff
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                  I was just marvelling at how little effort people have to go to nowadays to build huge lists of valid emails. (not you, them)


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                  • C Chris Maunder

                    The Dundas Mailer[^] is free and has a ValidateAddress method that will do the trick. cheers, Chris Maunder

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                    Tom Archer
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                    I'm getting COM exceptions trying to download the Mailer. Cheers, Tom Archer, Inside C# Mainstream is just a word for the way things always have been -- just a middle-of-the-road, tow-the-line thing; a front for the Man serving up the same warmed-over slop he did yesterday and expecting you to say, "Thank you sir, may I have another?"

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                      Mmmmm Regex's, mix that with a little perl, some Net::Ping and Net::SMTP, and you're all set, 30-50 lines later you're off to the races. *Drool* Sounds so fun, I almost feel like doin it even though I don't need it! :-D -Lunchy

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                      David Stone
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                      Lunchy wrote: perl, some Net::Ping and Net::SMTP, :eek: Noo! Paul was suggesting a .NET RegularExpression! Weren't you Paul?... :~


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                        Lunchy wrote: perl, some Net::Ping and Net::SMTP, :eek: Noo! Paul was suggesting a .NET RegularExpression! Weren't you Paul?... :~


                        Hawaian shirts and shorts work too in Summer. People assume you're either a complete nut (in which case not a worthy target) or so damn good you don't need to worry about camouflage... -Anna-Jayne Metcalfe on Paintballing

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                        I know, but Perl is so FUN (and quick to write)! Everything else bores me. :( -Lunchy

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                          Hi! I have a file with a huge number of email addresses. I'd like to validate them to make sure that each email is well-formed, the DNS actually exists and perhaps SMTP validation. I found several web pages that can be used to validate single email addresses, but do you know any web page/tool to use with massive emails? Thanks Carlos

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                          Jan Vercauteren
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                          just write something that reads mx records. (i wrote such a component last week during my study breaks. It's not super hard.) Then connect to the mailserver and try te send an email. it will reply if if the email exists or not. www.agilis.be

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                            just write something that reads mx records. (i wrote such a component last week during my study breaks. It's not super hard.) Then connect to the mailserver and try te send an email. it will reply if if the email exists or not. www.agilis.be

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                            basementman
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                            Something like this function (need platform SDK to compile): BOOL ValidateEMailAddresses(CallContextObj *pCallContextObj) { pCallContextObj->LoadSQLStatementBuffer(7451); pCallContextObj->ParseSQL(); DBStatement *pStmt = pCallContextObj->ExecSQL(); if (pStmt) { DBConnection oUpdateConn; DBStatement oUpdateStmt(&oUpdateConn); int iVerifyCount = 0; if (pCallContextObj->GetApplication()->Connect2DB(&oUpdateConn)) { long lRecipientKey; char caDomainName[256]; char caDomainNameHold[256]; char caUserName[256]; int iResponse; strcpy(caDomainNameHold,cpUnknownStr); BOOL bConnected = FALSE; int iVerifyStatus; LPCSTR cpUpdateSQL = pCallContextObj->GetSQLStatementPtr(7453); char *cpWorkBuf = pCallContextObj->GetWorkBufferPtr(); char *cpUpdateBuf = pCallContextObj->GetCookieBufferPtr(); pCallContextObj->SetSQLStatement(""); CSMTPSocket oMailSock; while (pStmt->FetchNext()) { pStmt->GetCharBuf(1,cpUpdateBuf); lRecipientKey = pStmt->GetLong(2); char *p = strchr(cpUpdateBuf,'@'); if (p) { *p = 0; strcpy(caUserName,cpUpdateBuf); strcpy(caDomainName,p+1); } else { strcpy(caDomainName,cpUpdateBuf); strcpy(caUserName,cpUpdateBuf); } if (strcmp(caDomainNameHold,caDomainName)) { if (bConnected) { // QUIT strcpy(cpWorkBuf,"QUIT \r\n"); oMailSock.Send(cpWorkBuf,strlen(cpWorkBuf)); oMailSock.Receive(cpWorkBuf,pCallContextObj->GetWorkBufferSize()); oMailSock.Close(); bConnected = FALSE; } DNS_RECORD* ppQueryResultsSet = NULL; DNS_STATUS statusDNS = ::DnsQuery(caDomainName, DNS_TYPE_MX, DNS_QUERY_STANDARD, NULL, &ppQueryResultsSet, NULL ); if (statusDNS == ERROR_SUCCESS) { strcpy(cpWorkBuf,ppQueryResultsSet->Data.MX.pNameExchange); if (oMailSock.Create() && oMailSock.Connect(cpWorkBuf,25,""))

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                              I'm getting COM exceptions trying to download the Mailer. Cheers, Tom Archer, Inside C# Mainstream is just a word for the way things always have been -- just a middle-of-the-road, tow-the-line thing; a front for the Man serving up the same warmed-over slop he did yesterday and expecting you to say, "Thank you sir, may I have another?"

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                              Juan Carlos Cobas
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                              It worked fine to me.

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