Re: FN-FORUM Email validation

date posted 15th January 2002 14:55

"Stuart Darbyshire" [EMAIL REMOVED] writes:

> Hi
>
> I have a client who has a database of about 50 000 email addresses, I am
> assured they are all opt in and not Spam. that he has built-up over a few
> years. He needs to validate them before he starts an email campaign. Does
> anyone know of anyway of doing this other than sending a message to each one
> and waiting to see if it bounces?

You can do some initial heurists on the domains, but you can't look up
users.

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