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  3. May 2008

Re: verify an email address

Walden H. Leverich wrote:

Depending on the need you could send an email to the address asking the
recipient to take an action (click a link in the email). Then you know
not only that the address exists, but that it belongs to the recipient.

I never thought about it before, but what good does it do to know that an address belongs to the "recipient"? In general terms, isn't that essentially always true? Who else would get it if it wasn't the "recipient"?

IMO, the act of clicking a link helps because an unintended recipient would be more likely to ignore the request. But it's not guaranteed. Some people will click anything.

Mostly just curious.

Tom Liotta


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