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Discussion on: There's only one way to validate an email address

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Thomas H Jones II

Used to be, you could validate an email address by connecting to the SMTP server listed in the address's MX record, and then do a VRFY. But, also thanks to spammers, you can almost never do that any more.

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Jerod Santo

The good ole' days! 👴