Is there a way to check if a mailing address exists without sending test mail?

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How to check if a mailing address exists without sending email?

I am trying to find a way to check if an email address really exists without sending a test mail.

You can verify the email address, but is not guaranteed if the address really exists. as

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Is there any way to avoid this?

thanks

Answer 1

The short answer is no, the only way to check it exists is to connect to the mail server and send it an email.

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"SMTP defines a team for this, but since abuse by spammers completely overloads the number of legitimate targets, almost every email server in the world is set to false."

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