Re: Hotmail Email Validation
Replace everything after the @ in your regex with hotmail.com
Re: Hotmail Email Validation
Hey,
If I am not mistaken, the OP wants to verify that the hotmail address is actually real, i.e. if you were to send an email to [email protected], would it actually get there, i.e. has someone created that email address.
I am not aware of an "easy" way of verifying whether an email address actually exists, just that the email address is well-formed.
Gary
Re: Hotmail Email Validation
To check for the existence of an email account, you have to establish a connection to the server and send an RCPT command using smtp protocol. Read the server's reply and determine if the account is valid or not.
Re: Hotmail Email Validation
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Originally Posted by
stanav
To check for the existence of an email account, you have to establish a connection to the server and send an RCPT command using smtp protocol. Read the server's reply and determine if the account is valid or not.
Yip, so not an "easy" thing to do :)