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in reply to Re: Finding if email addresses exist?
in thread Finding if email addresses exist?

This is important enough, I feel compelled to re-iterate what Merlyn just said.

Please do not validate email addresses by looking for mail server replies like this. The only thing you can rely upon by doing this is that what you are getting back is 100% unreliable.

- dEvNuL
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