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Conference 7.286::ibmpc_shareware

Title:	Shareware for IBM PC and compatibles
Notice:	vmsmkt->humane\| caldec->trinty\| ufrcs1->muccs1
Moderator:	TARKIN::LIN

Created:	Mon Oct 15 1990
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3369
Total number of notes:	24372

3361.0. "Is there a 'Ping' program for E-mail?" by TAEC::SMITH (Martin Smith, Valbonne. - 828 5128) Thu Feb 06 1997 04:06

    Does anyone know if there is a piece of software available that will
    'detect' if a known e-mail address is (still) valid - something similar
    to the Ping program on a network - without actually sending mail?
    
    We all know of persons who have not only moved house, but e-mail 
    address(es) as well, and forget to notify their friends, etc. 
    [it is also true that non-notification could be a subtle message! ;-) ]
    
    Martin.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
3361.1		bthomas.zk3.dec.com::THOMAS	Ben Thomas	`Thu Feb 06 1997 14:04`	10
	I don't know of a program, but I have used the following: telnet node 25 vrfy username quit Substitute your desired values for "node" and "username". This is also a very simple case of what can be a very convoluted path. -b
3361.2	I omitted an important word.	TAEC::SMITH	Martin Smith, Valbonne. - 828 5128	`Fri Feb 07 1997 03:26`	5
	� if a known [Internet] e-mail address Perhaps I should have been a bit more specific. Martin.
3361.3	Finger could do it...	SUBSYS::DANEK		`Fri Feb 07 1997 11:01`	11
	CYBERKIT is a postcard-ware program that includes a finger program. I was able to determine if an account on a particular system still existed (mine) and that a bogus one didnt. So, if you know that a "known [Internet] e-mail address" is, like [email protected], you can enter computer.com in one finger field, and tom in the other and Cyberkit's finger will poll the system and bring back information about tom. Cyberkit is available from... http://www.ping.be/user/Luc.Neijens/
3361.4	Thanks!	TAEC::SMITH	Martin Smith, Valbonne. - 828 5128	`Fri Feb 07 1997 12:53`	1

3361.5	"Internet Tools"	TAV02::FEINBERG	Don Feinberg	`Tue Feb 11 1997 01:18`	9
	There's a shareware called "Internet Tools" or something like that, which I downloaded a couple of months ago. It has a lot of functions; one of them is "ping". I'll try to remember to upload the URL where I found it... Don Feinberg