Re: [PLUG] How To Verify E-Mail

["Brian Vagnoni" <bvagnoni@v-system.net>]

So then how would you verify e-mail?

Brian Vagnoni

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From: Toby DiPasquale [mailto:toby@cbcg.net]
To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List [mailto:plug@lists.phillylinux.org]
Sent: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:13:31 -0500
Subject: Re: [PLUG] How To Verify E-Mail

On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 11:00:46PM -0500, Brian Vagnoni wrote:
> telnet mail.domainname.com 25
>
> helo 127.0.0.1
> MAIL FROM: <name@domain.com>
> RCPT TO: <targetemail@domain.com>
>
> you should see a response of
>
> 250 ok

This is unlikely to produce an error on a lot of anti-spam appliances and
custom configured MTAs. Just so you know, its typically disabled to
prevent address harvesting and dictionary attacks.

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