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

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1999

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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.chcom 4 u http://www.com4u.chBreitistrasse 7BCH-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.chcom 4 u http://www.com4u.chBreitistrasse 7BCH-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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[offtopic]Re: P1: How to make webcatalog more stable. - LONG

1999

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