Electronic mail, or email, allows for sharing of information across the Internet through email addresses. Validating email addresses is important for companies to market to potential customers or clean up subscribed email lists. Websites can check if a single email address is taken, but validating a large list is time-consuming. Software is available that allows huge searches of valid email addresses within a single window, making it faster to validate long lists. It checks potential addresses, excludes similar addresses like "contact@company.com", and displays the valid addresses.

1. how to validate email addresses
Electronic mail, or most commonly known as email, is the standard for sharing of information
across the Internet. The email address is what you type into the ‘Recipient' section of a composed
email in order to send it to that specific person. Many companies hire 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 may be tough to find
which email addresses have already been taken or are valid. This information is important to
know if you are looking to market to potentially new customers or want to clean up a subscribed
email list.
Naturally, inspecting the validity of email addresses always demands an Internet connection. It
would be impossible to monitor the email address changes and updates and keep them available
offline. Consequently, you might find a number of websites used to find the availability of an email
address. One such website is very simplistic in that it offers a box into which you may enter your
email address. The website then searches 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 task.
Luckily, a program is available from www.hothotsoftware.com that allows 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 meet your specific purpose. After opening the software, you will find
that it is written in a classic user interface so nearly anyone familiar with a computer can master
the software. The software also works completely within a single window. This eliminates any
possibility of getting lost within the program. The window of the program is divided into three
primary areas. The left portion of the window has a box that can be filled with potential email
addresses. These addresses can be anything that you wish to check the availability. The center
section allows for input of any email addresses to exclude from the search. These are entered by
simply including the email address up until the @ symbol. This is done because some companies
will utilize like email addresses for similar purposes. For example, many companies have a
registered email address of ‘contact@company.com‘ for question purposes. By entering
‘contact@‘ into the center section of the program any emails beginning with ‘contact' will be
excluded. The right part of the window shows the completed list of valid email addresses.
To learn 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 important to know which email
addresses are presently valid. Employ this software and keep up on any and all changes in email
address registrations.