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2017-07-14 14:53mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com: Validating email addresses
2017-07-14 15:29Kevin J Cully : RE: Validating email addresses
2017-07-14 18:46mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com: RE: Validating email addresses
2017-07-14 18:55Frank Cazabon : RE: Validating email addresses
2017-07-17 03:19Alan Bourke : Re: Validating email addresses
2017-07-17 11:31mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com: Re: Validating email addresses
2017-07-18 09:06Man-wai Chang : Re: Validating email addresses
2017-07-18 12:33Kurt Wendt : RE: Validating email addresses
2017-07-18 22:36Gene Wirchenko : RE: Validating email addresses
2017-07-19 08:54Kurt Wendt : RE: Validating email addresses
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Validating email addresses

Author: mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com

Posted: 2017-07-14 14:53:53   Link

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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RE: Validating email addresses

Author: Kevin J Cully

Posted: 2017-07-14 15:29:48   Link

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

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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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RE: Validating email addresses

Author: mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com

Posted: 2017-07-14 18:46:04   Link

On 2017-07-14 16:29, Kevin J Cully wrote:

> 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.

It's not a "valid format" she's talking about. She's talking about

undeliverables. Things that are properly assembled in name@domain.ext

already.

>

> 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.

But what she's sending to the recipients is not always the same content;

it's differing per customer. I'm not sure at this time if it's invoices

or what.

>

>> 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

lol

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RE: Validating email addresses

Author: Frank Cazabon

Posted: 2017-07-14 18:55:09   Link

These kind of services will/should let you send email programmatically from your application.

I use Jango for one of my clients to send invoices and other individual emails.

On 14 July 2017 19:46:04 GMT-04:00, mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote:

>On 2017-07-14 16:29, Kevin J Cully wrote:

>> 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.

>

>

>It's not a "valid format" she's talking about. She's talking about

>undeliverables. Things that are properly assembled in name@domain.ext

>already.

>

>

>>

>> 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.

>

>

>But what she's sending to the recipients is not always the same

>content;

>it's differing per customer. I'm not sure at this time if it's

>invoices

>or what.

>

>

>>

>>> 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

>

>

>lol

>

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Re: Validating email addresses

Author: Alan Bourke

Posted: 2017-07-17 03:19:00   Link

To my mind the easiest way would be not to re-invent the wheel and just

leverage an existing email list verification service like

https://neverbounce.com/

Validating 250,000 email addresses with that would cost you $100

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Alan Bourke

alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm

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Re: Validating email addresses

Author: mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com

Posted: 2017-07-17 11:31:43   Link

On 2017-07-17 04:19, Alan Bourke wrote:

> To my mind the easiest way would be not to re-invent the wheel and just

> leverage an existing email list verification service like

> https://neverbounce.com/

>

> Validating 250,000 email addresses with that would cost you $100

Thanks...this looks to be exactly what she wanted.

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Re: Validating email addresses

Author: Man-wai Chang

Posted: 2017-07-18 09:06:38   Link

Would collecting others' email addresses bring you privacy problem?

Would those email addresses be used as sending junk fax or email?

You sure that the owners of those addresses want you to collect them?

Careful about privacy and other legal issues ... :)

On Sat, Jul 15, 2017 at 3:53 AM,

<mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com> wrote:

> 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.

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RE: Validating email addresses

Author: Kurt Wendt

Posted: 2017-07-18 12:33:05   Link

Kevin - am sitting here at work eating some lunch. I read that one part of your reply below and almost burst out laughing! Funny indeed.

Regards,

Kurt Wendt

Senior Systems Analyst

Tel. +1-212-747-9100

www.GlobeTax.com

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>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

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RE: Validating email addresses

Author: Gene Wirchenko

Posted: 2017-07-18 22:36:53   Link

At 10:33 2017-07-18, Kurt Wendt <Kurt_Wendt@globetax.com> wrote:

>Kevin - am sitting here at work eating some lunch. I read that one

>part of your reply below and almost burst out laughing! Funny indeed.

Oh, you think it is funny, do you, punk?

You really should not push your luck with us Canadians. You

would not like me when I am angry. (You might not like me at any

other time, but that is another matter.)

[snip]

Sincerely,

Gene "polite ... for now" Wirchenko

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RE: Validating email addresses

Author: Kurt Wendt

Posted: 2017-07-19 08:54:09   Link

Wow Gene - had no idea you were Canadian! Look at that - learn something new every day.

Regards,

Kurt Wendt

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At 10:33 2017-07-18, Kurt Wendt <Kurt_Wendt@globetax.com> wrote:

>Kevin - am sitting here at work eating some lunch. I read that one part

>of your reply below and almost burst out laughing! Funny indeed.

Oh, you think it is funny, do you, punk?

You really should not push your luck with us Canadians. You would not like me when I am angry. (You might not like me at any other time, but that is another matter.)

[snip]

Sincerely,

Gene "polite ... for now" Wirchenko

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