Validating Email Addresses

Dave Miller wrote:
> I created a form where people can post a message that gets sent via CFMAIL to
> the customer.
> This customer is getting emails from what pass as a valid email address,
> however, they are bogus email addresses.
>
> Is there a function usable withn ColdFusion simlar to a finger where I can
> truly validate the email address before sending it on to the customer?
>
>
There isn't anything built into ColdFusion, but ColdFusion does have the
capability.

We use a custom tag provided by new media.
http://store.newmediadevelopment.net/cfx_tag.cfm?ProductID=12

If you do the full blown testing that includes a test request to the
mail server, be aware performance is slow.

Store the bad ones as you find them and then ensure the form variable is not in that set of bad addresses.