How to Verify an Email Address
ADVERTISEMENTSWe all get lot of spams mails daily and some of these spams look like genuine mails. So how to check whether the Email address is valid or not? Here is a simple way to do that.
Verify Email Address is an online tool to check whether an Email address is valid or not. This free email verifier let you verify if an email address is valid, properly formatted and really exist.
This tool actually connects to the mail server and check that the mailbox and username really exist or not.
What all are being checked?
- Format: “address@domain.xxx”
- Valid domain: “smith@new.york” is not valid
- Valid user: Verify that the user and mailbox really exist
I did a check for some invalid and valid Email address and I got the correct results on most of the occasions. Although its a useful tool, it may not give 100% results all the time.
Click here to verify an Email address.
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Jul 2nd, 2007 at 9:28 am
The only real way to validate an email is to send an email to that address with a confirmation link. Other methods just make sure that the email address format is correct.
Jul 2nd, 2007 at 9:34 am
Thanks Nirmal for this. In the past, I used to get pointless mails from lots of rediffmail users. Also recently I have started getting it from verizon. But, I dont think it shall be 100 percent true.
In PHP, you have this mail() function using which I can send mail to anybody using any email address. That way, I can always use an existing email address in teh FROM attribute and send spams..
Jul 2nd, 2007 at 9:48 am
@Binny and Anand,
This method is not 100% true, it returns success values on most occasions, but I tried random email and got success.
Jul 2nd, 2007 at 11:45 am
for how many spam mails will you check the mail address
we get a lot of spam these days..
and 99% of the spam is distuiguished so delete them straight away…
and what if you got spam from a valid mail address
Jul 2nd, 2007 at 12:19 pm
@Shashank,
You are right, we can’t check all the mail IDs. But sometimes some IDs looks like genuine even though they are spam, you can check those using this.
Jul 2nd, 2007 at 4:27 pm
I agree with Anand it is easy to send spam with someone else’s address and when you validate that email ID, it will look genuine. Nevertheless it looks to be a good tool, i will check out.
Jul 2nd, 2007 at 5:39 pm
I simply check the headers that come with the mail. Looking at the headers it tells us from which mailservers the mail originated and what was the IP that sent them.
Querying the mail server as this service does simply finds out if an address exists. This can be done with DNS Stuff as well.
But this tool is useful for the less tech savvy and it is simple as well.
Jul 2nd, 2007 at 9:59 pm
and what with spamming with disposable email ids
Jul 3rd, 2007 at 3:42 am
Well, spam is a big problem. Using Gmail keeps me out of most of the spam emails.
I hardly get any spam coming through and very less false positives.
If at all, I have any doubt on any email then I simply prefer to check the header.
Also, we can’t judge if the email is spam or not by just checking the email address. Lets say that someone is using the From field of Outlook express then he can display that email has come from a particular email address…let’s say mayank@live.com
Now this is a legitimate email address and so, if you’ll check it, then it will work but it doesn’t mean that the spam didn’t come from this email address.
I know that I’ve not explained my point in best manner..maybe I’m feeling too sleepy (3:41 am here)
Jul 3rd, 2007 at 7:46 am
I tried this service out and seems they only verify domain names and not the actual email address.
for e.g type in hfjkdsf@yahoo.com and it will validate it but if you type in hfjkdsf@yahdssdfdsfsdfoo.com
it will fail.
Not reliable in the real sense.
Keith
Jul 3rd, 2007 at 9:11 am
I agree with all your thoughts, this is not a effective mechanism, its just for people who are not techie.
Keith,
You are right, it fails with yahoo, but its valid with Gmail.
Jul 3rd, 2007 at 10:47 am
I think by a careful inspection of the email header will be sufficient to see whether an email is valid or invalid
Jul 3rd, 2007 at 11:14 am
I would say this is a must application for all. We get a lot of spam emails everyday. Ill have to bookmark the site and use it. Thanks.
Jul 3rd, 2007 at 8:09 pm
There really is no good way to verify a valid e-mail address, but this is a great idea none the less.
Jul 3rd, 2007 at 8:18 pm
a nice one, much required for everyone.
Jul 3rd, 2007 at 10:57 pm
Are people still having a problem with spam?
I use GMail and its insanely rare that I get any spam.
Jul 3rd, 2007 at 11:39 pm
@Kyle, I believe there is no 100% pure solution for SPAM yet. Let is be gmail or yahoo
@Nirmal, did you notice the test results are taking longer time.
Jul 4th, 2007 at 3:46 pm
This is really coool
Jul 4th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
This tool is useful. I got average of 20 spams each day! Grrr! Damn Spammer! I always wonder what kind of benefit will they enjoy by spamming!
Jul 4th, 2007 at 4:38 pm
@Benedict,
I didnt get you, which results are taking time?
@Ken Xu,
I too wonder why people spam, what do they get by that, anyway we delete them straight away. I get around 30-40 spam comments daily.
Jul 5th, 2007 at 7:04 am
Nirmal, I was talking about the email verification test done by the online tool. I took long time for me to verify a email address using that tool
Jul 5th, 2007 at 2:29 pm
@Benedict,
For me it was not taking much time.
Oct 14th, 2007 at 10:42 pm
how do i verify my email address
Oct 19th, 2007 at 12:22 am
Great post. I will try that for my emails.
Jan 27th, 2008 at 11:42 am
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Mar 29th, 2008 at 12:29 am
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