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Bishoy George - 15 Oct 2005 12:19 GMT

I need a web service url ending with .asmx to validate email address
ensuring that it is a real email address before putting it into database.
Note: I know how to make a regular expression validator, I need to check
that this email address is real....
Thanks

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Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP] - 16 Oct 2005 04:51 GMT

It sounds like you want to use an email validation component:

http://www.asp.net/ControlGallery/ControlDetail.aspx?Control=1579&tabindex=2

Ken

>I need a web service url ending with .asmx to validate email address
>ensuring that it is a real email address before putting it into database.
> Note: I know how to make a regular expression validator, I need to check
> that this email address is real....
> Thanks

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