Posted by J.O. Aho on 12/17/06 14:34

Norman Peelman wrote:

> Before anyone starts, I know this may or may not be the best 'pattern'
> for validating email but, i'm on Windows and I have'nt had much luck with
> the workarounds of not being able to use getmxrr(). I'ts close enough for me
> (for now).

From the manual page:

Note: This function is not implemented on Windows platforms. Try the PEAR
class Net_DNS.

You could still check the domain with gethostbyaddr(), except you will deny
those addresses that don't have a valid ip, but a valid MX record.

Sadly without getmxrr() you can't do a check directly against the mailserver
to validate the e-mail address, for me it would feel quite crippled to not be
able to use getmxrr().


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//Aho

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