How to check if an email address exists without sending an email?

Question

I have come across this PHP code to check email address using SMTP without sending an email.

Has anyone tried anything similar or does it work for you? Can you tell

Answer 1

<?php

   $email = "someone@exa mple.com";

   if(!filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL))
      echo "E-mail is not valid";
   else
      echo "E-mail is valid";

?>

Answer 2

function EmailValidation($email)
{
    $email = htmlspecialchars(stripslashes(strip_tags($email))); //parse unnecessary characters to prevent exploits
    if (eregi('[a-z||0-9]@[a-z||0-9].[a-z]', $email)) {
        //checks to make sure the email address is in a valid format
        $domain = explode( "@", $email ); //get the domain name
        if (@fsockopen ($domain[1],80,$errno,$errstr,3)) {
            //if the connection can be established, the email address is probably valid
            echo "Domain Name is valid ";
            return true;
        } else {
            echo "Con not a email domian";
            return false; //if a connection cannot be established return false
        }
        return false; //if email address is an invalid format return false
    }
}