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manu@... wrote:
 > Oliver Fromme wrote:
 > 
 > > (The only problem is that the primary MX isn't running
 > > a web server, and it really shouldn't.  But maybe I can
 > > hack something up for that purpose, maybe a simple app
 > > that receives HTTP GET requests ...  I'll look into that.)
 > 
 > You can query another machine that will do a SMTP VRFY on your primary
 > MX within a CGI.

Yes, I could do that, but I don't want to tie yet another
machine into the equation.  It increases the number of
potential "points of failure".

 > That's a simple script that can be hacked within a few minutes.

Yes, in fact I have just written a small script in Python
that performs the SMTP VRFY part on a given number of
addresses.  It's only 5 lines.

I think I'm going to add a HTTP server part to that script.
which is also very easy in Python.  So I don't need to
install a fully-fledged web server like Apache.  It might
even has better performance.  I'll let it run on a non-
standard port on the primary MX.

Thanks for all your help!

Best regards
   Oliver

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