How to Validate Email Addresses

Electronic mail, or most commonly known as email, is the standard for exchange of information across the Internet. The email address is what you type into the ‘Recipient' area of a composed email so that you can send it to that specific person. Many companies utilize groups of individuals to maintain their email lists for various information and updates about the company. With the quick growth rate of the Internet (about 2.2 billion email users around the world), it can be tough to determine which email addresses have already been taken or are valid. This information is important to know if you are planning to market to possible new customers or need to clean up a subscribed email list. Of course, inspecting the validity of email addresses always requires an Internet connection. It would be impossible to monitor the email address modifications and updates and keep them available offline. Consequently, you might find a number of websites used to determine the availability of an email address. One such website is very basic in that it provides a box into which you may input your email address. The website then looks for a registered email address by that name and returns whether the address is taken or not. The main drawback is that only one email address can be validated at a time. This makes for a long address list clean up an even longer process. Luckily, a program is accessible from www.hothotsoftware.com that permits for a huge search of valid email address. By going to the website and searching for ‘Check if an E-mail Address Exists' you can find a program to fulfill your specific purpose. After opening the software, you will find that it is written in a traditional user interface so nearly anyone familiar with a computer can master the software. The software also functions completely within a single window. This reduces any chance of getting lost within the program. The window of the program is split into three primary areas. The left section of the window has a box that can be filled with possible email addresses. These addresses can be anything that you wish to check the availability. The center section permits for input of any email addresses to exclude from the search. These are entered by just including the email address up until the @ symbol. This is done because many companies will utilize similar email addresses for similar purposes. For example, many companies have a registered email address of ‘contact@company.com‘ for inquiry purposes. By entering ‘contact@‘ into the center area of the program any emails starting with ‘contact' will be excluded. The right part of the window displays the completed list of valid email addresses. To find out more about this software, please visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAlatqvBO58. If you are in the business of mass email marketing it can be crucial to know which email addresses are presently valid. Employ this software and keep up on any and all changes in email address registrations.