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0003439Composrnewsletterpublic2022-10-31 01:19
ReporterChris GrahamAssigned To 
SeverityFeature-request 
Status non-assignedResolutionopen 
Product Version 
Fixed in Version 
Summary0003439: Enhanced is_email_address function
DescriptionHave an extra processing step that checks the domain given exists and has an MX record and that MX record points to a valid SMTP server.

This will reduce the chance of bounces.

Deploy it whenever appropriate (most of the time, only don't do it when mass-processing addresses).
Additional InformationThere will need to be caching.
TagsType: Avoiding e-mail spamblocks
Time estimation (hours)1
Sponsorship open

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related to 0001563 non-assigned Change bounce reporting to automated tool / Remove stale users 

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Chris Graham

2018-02-07 21:18

administrator   ~0005463

2 problems with this...

1) We can't do it on the client-side, unless we now do address validation using AJAX
2) People might get annoyed when testing using junk addresses

Also of note that during signup you have to double enter your e-mail already, which will pick most errors.

I think together this makes the benefit of the feature marginal, more useful just for newsletter cleaning.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2017-12-02 15:24 Chris Graham New Issue
2017-12-02 15:24 Chris Graham Tag Attached: Type: Avoiding e-mail spamblocks
2017-12-02 15:33 Chris Graham Description Updated View Revisions
2018-02-07 20:25 Chris Graham Additional Information Updated View Revisions
2018-02-07 21:18 Chris Graham Note Added: 0005463
2022-10-31 01:19 Chris Graham Relationship added related to 0001563