2006-08-21 10:21:11 · 4 answers · asked by miss v 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
Send an e-mail to it. If it's bad, you should get a bounce message. If you don't get a bounce message it may be good.
The lack of a bounce message is no longer a relaible indicator of a mailbox still being live.
And even if it is still live, there's no way to tell if the recipient is actually using the mailbox any more.
2006-08-21 13:17:00 · answer #1 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
send an email if it doesn't come back as undeliverable its a good mailbox
2006-08-21 17:27:26 · answer #2 · answered by jojo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you email it.
If it's inactive it will bounce back to you as undeliverable.
2006-08-21 17:30:03 · answer #3 · answered by John 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Finger it
2006-08-21 17:31:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋