E-mail Address Verification Using SQL, TextPad and Web Link Validator
A.Toutant - McGill University First, a little SQL The first PL/SQL script does a pattern check for common errors, such as : hotmial.com, invalid domain, etc. The second SQL*Plus script generates a list of e-mail addresses and User IDs, to be used in Web Link Validator A.Toutant - McGill University
A bit of massaging in TextPad For Web Link Validator to work, the list of e-mails must look like a web page; TextPad can be used to quickly add html tags: Use Fill Block to add html tags A.Toutant - McGill University
A bit of massaging...final result Add a header using a macro Html tags were added, and blanks spaces collapsed. A.Toutant - McGill University
A.Toutant - McGill University Web Link Validator Web Link Validator checks the e-mail addresses by querying the DNS server and the mail servers. This goes beyond simply checking the patterns. A.Toutant - McGill University
Web Link Validator: Report Response from mail server (domain is correct) Response from DNS server (domain is invalid) A.Toutant - McGill University
Corrections made in Aleph Circ Module Common errors (typos) are corrected by staff Invalid e-mails are removed from the records, and a note is put in asking the user to enter a valid e-mail address (note field on tab 1 of Local User Information) A.Toutant - McGill University