#3439 - Enhanced is_email_address function
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By Chris Graham
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| Identifier | #3439 |
|---|---|
| Issue type | Feature request or suggestion |
| Title | Enhanced is_email_address function |
| Status | Open |
| Tags |
Type: Avoiding e-mail spamblocks (custom) |
| Handling member | Deleted |
| Addon | newsletter |
| Description | Have 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). |
| Steps to reproduce | |
| Additional information | There will need to be caching. |
| Related to | #1563 - Change bounce reporting to automated tool / Remove stale users |
| Funded? | No |
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Comments
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.