NAME
Email::Verify::SMTP - Verify an email address by using SMTP.
SYNOPSIS
use Email::Verify::SMTP;
# This is important:
$Email::Verify::SMTP::FROM = 'verifier@my-server.com';
# Just a true/false:
if( verify_email('foo@example.com') ) {
# Email is valid
}
# Find out if, and why not (if not):
my ($is_valid, $msg) = verify_email('foo@example.com');
if( $is_valid ) {
# Email is valid:
}
else {
# Email is *not* valid:
warn "Email is bad: $msg";
}DESCRIPTION
Email::Verify::Simple is what I came with when I needed to verify several email addresses without actually sending them email.
To put that another way:
This module verifies email addresses without actually sending email to them.
EXPORTED FUNCTIONS
verify_email( $email )
Verifies the supplied email address.
If called in scalar context, eg:
my $is_valid = verify_email( $email )then you get a true or false value.
If called in list context, eg:
my ($is_valid, $why_not) = verify_email( $email )then you get both a true/false value and any error message that came up.
PUBLIC STATIC VARIABLES
$Email::Verify::SMTP::FROM
Default value: <root@localhost>
This is used as the "from" field on the email that is not actually sent. It should be a valid email address on a real domain - just like if you were sending a normal email.
$Email::Verify::SMTP::DEBUG
Default value: 0
If set to a true value, extra diagnostics will be output to STDERR via warn.
DEPENDENCIES
This module depends on the following:
- Net::Nslookup
-
To discover the mail exchange servers for the email address provided.
- IO::Socket::Telnet
-
A nice socket interface to use, even if you're not using Telnet.
AUTHOR
John Drago <jdrago_999@yahoo.com>
LICENSE
This software is Free software and may be used, copied and redistributed under the same terms as perl itself.