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RE: Verifying E-Mail Addresses


From: "Oyesanya, Femi" <foyesanya () radiology bsd uchicago edu>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:39:32 -0500

Try 
http://www.unix.org.ua/orelly/perl/cookbook/ch18_10.htm

will not work if verify is not implemented 
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From: listbounce () securityfocus com [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com]
On Behalf Of kenneth_z () winisp net
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 11:24 PM
To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Re: Verifying E-Mail Addresses

No, that is not possible. You can not query such things against domain
that doesn't belong to you. Also if you can do such things, it is a
security issue for the remote domain (i.e. you can build a positive
dictionary as a result much after).

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