If you want to check if an email address is in a valid format, there are many RegEx expressions that you can use. Easy and free.

If your client is sending out lots of emails and is worried about bounces and "Unsubscribe" functionality, then I'd use a mailing service such as Mandrill by MailChimp. https://mandrill.com/ The world has gotten serious about spam and as programmers, we need to do a better job of steering our clients into a fully functioning email subscription model. Mandrill (and similar) is just such a solution.

>From what I hear, Canada has gotten so serious about spam that if they find you not honoring unsubscribe requests they'll send a Royal Mounted Policeman to your house to kick your dog and poke your youngest child in the eye. And then they get mad. Canadians :: Very friendly ... until they're not. http://fightspam.gc.ca/eic/site/030.nsf/eng/home

Hth,

Kevin

-----Original Message-----

From: ProFox [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com

Sent: Friday, July 14, 2017 3:54 PM

To: ProFox

Subject: Validating email addresses

My client wants to weed out the bad emails she has in her database. I'm guessing however she's sending them out, she's either not getting the bounce backs or it's too manual a process.

When I googled, I found this:

https://www.emailhippo.com/en-us/verify-email-address/api/a

I thought I'd ask if anyone here uses something else or has a tip to share?

tia,

--Mike

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