Comments on: Very Cool Things for ColdFusion http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2004/04/09/very-cool-things-for-coldfusion/ News, opinion, and fresh thinking for web developers and designers. The official podcast of sitepoint.com. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:41:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Skunk http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2004/04/09/very-cool-things-for-coldfusion/#comment-7951 Skunk Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 827786150#comment-7951 <p><blockquote><p>Check an email address using syntax, DNS MX lookup, top level domain validation, and mail server validation. I'd like to see someone enter a fake address with that kind of validation...</p></blockquote>People will still enter fake addresses - they'll just be addresses that belong to someone else. In fact, even with the email-them-a-validation-code approach it's no longer possible to reliably validate an email address thanks to the invention of services like <a href="http://www.mailinator.com/">Mailinator</a>. If people want to keep their email address private, there's nothing anyone can do to stop them.</p>

Check an email address using syntax, DNS MX lookup, top level domain validation, and mail server validation. I’d like to see someone enter a fake address with that kind of validation…

People will still enter fake addresses - they’ll just be addresses that belong to someone else. In fact, even with the email-them-a-validation-code approach it’s no longer possible to reliably validate an email address thanks to the invention of services like Mailinator. If people want to keep their email address private, there’s nothing anyone can do to stop them.

]]> By: davidjmedlock http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2004/04/09/very-cool-things-for-coldfusion/#comment-7952 davidjmedlock Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 827786150#comment-7952 <p>Very cool service there. I hadn't seen that before. I suppose with email validation you'd have to filter out things like "@mailinator.com" and "@example.com" and such if you really want them to enter in an address. As you mentioned, though, they can simply give out someone else's address...</p> Very cool service there. I hadn’t seen that before. I suppose with email validation you’d have to filter out things like “@mailinator.com” and “@example.com” and such if you really want them to enter in an address. As you mentioned, though, they can simply give out someone else’s address…

]]> By: Nate Nielsen http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2004/04/09/very-cool-things-for-coldfusion/#comment-7953 Nate Nielsen Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 827786150#comment-7953 <p>Hi Dave - Was looking up good ol' fusionscript links out there and this site came up. Appreciate the kind words, was a pleasure working with you. =)</p> Hi Dave - Was looking up good ol’ fusionscript links out there and this site came up. Appreciate the kind words, was a pleasure working with you. =)

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