email-verification – Tarik Billa

Email confirmation best practices for mobile apps

September 23, 2023 by Tarik

I came across the same issue when writing a social networking style app. I chose to have the user create a username and then provide and email and password. I do not verify the email address and I’ve never attempted to send any email to them (yet). What I would suggest would be alternate ways … Read more

How to check if an email address is real or valid using PHP

March 13, 2023 by Tarik

You should check with SMTP. That means you have to connect to that email’s SMTP server. After connecting to the SMTP server you should send these commands: HELO somehostname.example MAIL FROM: <no-reply@gmail.com> RCPT TO: <emailtovalidate@domain.example> If you get “<emailtovalidate@domain.example> Relay access denied” that means this email is Invalid. There is a simple PHP class. You … Read more

Firebase confirmation email not being sent

February 23, 2023 by Tarik