[offtopic]Re: P1: How to make webcatalog more stable. - LONG

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1999


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 24143
interpreted = N
texte = > >>I know that in-house we do over three hundred checks on an email address to > >>check for validity, setting an error= variable when a condition happens. > > > > How can you possibly have 300 different checks on an email address? That > > seems like al awful lot of checks on a single field. No matter how many > > webdna checks you perform on an email address, those checks will never tell > > you if the email address is actually valid or not -- thus it seems there > > comes a point when more checks on the email address are a waste ... > >Here's a short sample... >[!]=-=-=-=AOL=-=-=-=-=[/!] >[showif [URL][_email][/URL]^[URL]aol.net[/URL]][math >show=f]error=error+1[/math][/showif] >[showif [URL][_email][/URL]^[URL]a0l.com[/URL]][math >show=f]error=error+1[/math][/showif] >[showif [URL][_email][/URL]^[URL]oaol.com[/URL]][math >show=f]error=error+1[/math][/showif] >[showif [URL][_email][/URL]^[URL]@ol.com[/URL]][math >show=f]error=error+1[/math][/showif] >[showif [URL][_email][/URL]^[URL]@oal.com[/URL]][math >show=f]error=error+1[/math][/showif] >[showif [URL][_email][/URL]^[URL]@alo.com[/URL]][math >show=f]error=error+1[/math][/showif] >[showif [URL][_email][/URL]^[URL]@aolcom[/URL]][math >show=f]error=error+1[/math][/showif] >[showif [URL][_email][/URL]^[URL]@americaonline[/URL]][math >show=f]error=error+1[/math][/showif] >[showif [URL][_email][/URL]^[URL]@aql.com[/URL]][math >show=f]error=error+1[/math][/showif] >[showif [URL][_email][/URL]^[URL]@a.o.l.com[/URL]][math >show=f]error=error+1[/math][/showif] > >You should see the lists for hotmail, compuserver, illegal characters, bad >extensions, etc, etc... Too say the least, these three hundred lines of code >have cut down on email typos to the point where we really don't have much of >a email list bounce problem because of bogus illegal email addresses. (on a >list of 100,000 names, mailed weekly, it makes quite a difference!) > What mailserver are you using for the list? I have a very large list also but since I upgraded to Communigate pro from Stalker the server can handle all sorts of junk thrown at it and it will unsubscribe faulty email adresses.Micheal O Shea Email:micheal@com4u.ch com 4 u http://www.com4u.ch Breitistrasse 7B CH-5506 Maegenwil Tel: +41 62 896 46 26------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go to .This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
> >>I know that in-house we do over three hundred checks on an email address to > >>check for validity, setting an error= variable when a condition happens. > > > > How can you possibly have 300 different checks on an email address? That > > seems like al awful lot of checks on a single field. No matter how many > > webdna checks you perform on an email address, those checks will never tell > > you if the email address is actually valid or not -- thus it seems there > > comes a point when more checks on the email address are a waste ... > >Here's a short sample... >[!]=-=-=-=AOL=-=-=-=-=[/!] >[showif [url][_email][/URL]^[url]aol.net[/URL]][math >show=f]error=error+1[/math][/showif] >[showif [url][_email][/URL]^[url]a0l.com[/URL]][math >show=f]error=error+1[/math][/showif] >[showif [url][_email][/URL]^[url]oaol.com[/URL]][math >show=f]error=error+1[/math][/showif] >[showif [url][_email][/URL]^[url]@ol.com[/URL]][math >show=f]error=error+1[/math][/showif] >[showif [url][_email][/URL]^[url]@oal.com[/URL]][math >show=f]error=error+1[/math][/showif] >[showif [url][_email][/URL]^[url]@alo.com[/URL]][math >show=f]error=error+1[/math][/showif] >[showif [url][_email][/URL]^[url]@aolcom[/URL]][math >show=f]error=error+1[/math][/showif] >[showif [url][_email][/URL]^[url]@americaonline[/URL]][math >show=f]error=error+1[/math][/showif] >[showif [url][_email][/URL]^[url]@aql.com[/URL]][math >show=f]error=error+1[/math][/showif] >[showif [url][_email][/URL]^[url]@a.o.l.com[/URL]][math >show=f]error=error+1[/math][/showif] > >You should see the lists for hotmail, compuserver, illegal characters, bad >extensions, etc, etc... Too say the least, these three hundred lines of code >have cut down on email typos to the point where we really don't have much of >a email list bounce problem because of bogus illegal email addresses. (on a >list of 100,000 names, mailed weekly, it makes quite a difference!) > What mailserver are you using for the list? I have a very large list also but since I upgraded to Communigate pro from Stalker the server can handle all sorts of junk thrown at it and it will unsubscribe faulty email adresses.Micheal O Shea Email:micheal@com4u.ch com 4 u http://www.com4u.ch Breitistrasse 7B CH-5506 Maegenwil Tel: +41 62 896 46 26------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go to .This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Michael O Shea

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