Verify Email Address

[rrocket]

I am trying to verify that the email addresses entered into our site are valid. Basically are they fake addresses or not and if I send them an email there will be an inbox associated with that address.

All I keep finding on the web is info for validating with regex... If anyone knows how to do this or knows of a site that could help, please let me know.

Thanks.

[Shashi Sadasivan]

regex can only make sure that the email adddress entered is sytacticaly correct

i.e. there is an '@' in between the words and end with a .com, /.edu, or other domains (list goes bigger, as you go international)

To check if an email actually exists, a good way would be to send an email, if a failure email is recieved from the email provider, you should move that email entered into your own database, to check against before you verify another email.

[Kenster]

Hello,

You don't HAVE to use Regex (Although it a lot more in depth). I would suggest for starting out you can to EmailAddress.Co ntains("@"); and EmailAddress.Co ntains(".");

This is a start. As for verifying, you can just make a random numbers then make concat a string together.

string toSend = "Please click the link below to register : http://MyWebSite.Com/WebMail/Register_" + EmailAddress + "_Code" + RandomNumber + ";

Granted you would have to store the ID in MySql for verification back.