verify email address on Linux

email, linux

Solution

The following command and link have solved the issue.

-nslookup command help to find out mail server address for examplesite.com

nslookup -type=mx examplesite.com;

-https://superuser.com/questions/224015/how-to-check-if-email-address-does-exist

The answer instruction in the link help to verfiy the email address completely

Problem

I am using command like `sendmail -bv example@othesite.com` to verify some email address to confirm the address is valid or not before sending actual email to people. it works for most sites I tested. But sometimes, I am using the sendmail for some website that will give me all pass no matter what the address name I put for the same site. For example: `sendmail -bv yyyyyy@othersite.com` where `yyyyyy` can be anything that also passes the command and always reported out "`yyyyyy@othersite.com` verified". It seems correct but I think that should be something wrong behind. Why ? Other command checking mail address on linux will be reliable and available, how and what command does this?

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