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diff --git a/mail/p5-Mail-CheckUser/pkg-descr b/mail/p5-Mail-CheckUser/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..3756e36cfce6 --- /dev/null +++ b/mail/p5-Mail-CheckUser/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +This Perl module provides routines for checking validity of email address. + +It makes several checks: + + 1. It checks the syntax of an email address. + 2. It checks if there any MX records or A records for the domain part of + the email address. + 3. It tries to connect to an email server directly via SMTP to check if + mailbox is valid. It uses a combination of MAIL and RCPT commands which + simulates sending an email. It can detect bad mailboxes in many cases. + +WWW: http://search.cpan.org/search?dist=Mail-CheckUser + +- Attila Nagy +bra@fsn.hu |