#!/usr/bin/perl -w

#checks for valid email address

use warnings;
use strict;
use Email::Valid::Loose;
use Net::DNS;
use Parallel::ForkManager;
use Fcntl qw/:flock :seek/;
use CGI qw/:standard/;
use Proc::ProcessTable;
use MIME::Lite;

#limit file to 500k in size
$CGI::POST_MAX = 1024 * 500;

my $cgi = new CGI or die "new CGI: $!\n";
my $addrfile = $cgi->param('emailist');
my $email = $cgi->param('email');

my $t = new Proc::ProcessTable;
my $pm = new Parallel::ForkManager(10);
my $resolver=Net::DNS::Resolver->new();
my ($is_valid, $host, @mx, $add, @adds, $num, $p, $msg, $str);
my $x = 0;

#check to see if this process is already running
foreach $p ( @{$t->table} ) {
    if ($p->cmndline =~ m/^validemail/i){
        $x++
    }
    if ($x > 1){
#tell user to try again later and quit.
        print header,
              start_html;
        print "\t<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"5; url=http://
+marketing.mydomain.com\">\n";
        print h1('Sorry,'),
              h2('The email validator is already in use by another use
+r.'),
              h2('Please try again later...'),
              end_html;
        die "validemail already running";
    }
}

#THIS IS THE PART THAT DUPLICATES :(
#begin checking email
print header,
      start_html;
print "\t<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"5; url=http://marketin
+g.mydomain.com\">\n";
print h1('Validating your email list.'),
      h2('I will email you results when I am finished.'),
      h2('This could take up to 1 hour.'),
      end_html;
 
#custom words that make emails invalid to you
my @custom = (
        qr /mydomain/i ,
        qr /postmaster/i ,
        qr /webmaster/i
);

#remove troublesome windows /r characters
 while (<$addrfile>){
        $_ =~ s/\015//;
        chomp $_;
    push @adds, $_;
}

#clear file and memory
$addrfile = 0;

#check that file does not already exist.
#use random number to create temp files.
srand;

$num = int (rand 10000)+1;

while (-e "badmails$num.txt" && -e "goodmails$num.txt"){
    $num = int (rand 10000)+1;
}

open (BADADDR, ">/tmp/badmails$num.txt") || die;
open (GOODADDR, ">/tmp/goodmails$num.txt") || die;

#process each address
foreach $add (@adds){ 
    
    $pm->start and next;

    foreach $x (@custom){
            if ($add =~ $x){
                writeaddr(*BADADDR, $add); #address is bad
                $pm->finish;
            }
        }

        #if email is invalid move on
        if (!defined(Email::Valid::Loose->address($add))){
            writeaddr(*BADADDR, $add); #address is bad
            $pm->finish;
        }

        #if email is valid get domain name 
        $is_valid = Email::Valid::Loose->address($add);
        if ($is_valid =~ m/\@(.*)$/) {
            $host = $1;
        }
        $is_valid="";
        
        # perform dsn lookup to check domain
        @mx=mx($resolver, $host);

        if (@mx) {
            writeaddr(*GOODADDR, $add); #address is good
            }else{
            writeaddr(*BADADDR, $add); #address is bad
        }
       
    $pm->finish;
}

$pm->wait_all_children;

close (BADADDR);
close (GOODADDR);

#email results
$msg = MIME::Lite->new(
    From    =>'marketing@mydomain.com',
    To      =>"$email",
    Subject =>'Validated email list',
    Type    =>'multipart/mixed'
    );

$msg->attach(Type   =>'TEXT',
             Data   =>"Here are your email lists (good and bad)"
             );

$msg->attach(Type   =>'text/plain',
             Path   =>"/tmp/goodmails$num.txt",
             Filename =>"goodmails$num.txt",
             Disposition =>'attachment'
             );

$msg->attach(Type   =>'text/plain',
             Path   =>"/tmp/badmails$num.txt",
             Filename =>"badmails$num.txt",
             Disposition =>'attachment'
             );

$str = $msg->as_string;
$msg->send;

system("rm -f /tmp/goodmails$num.txt");
system("rm -f /tmp/badmails$num.txt");

#write to files but ensure proper locking
sub writeaddr{
    my $FH = $_[0];
    my $address = $_[1];
    flock $FH, LOCK_EX or die "Flock failed: $!\n";
    seek  $FH, 0, 2 or die "Seek failed: $!\n";
    print $FH "$address\n";
    flock $FH, LOCK_UN or die "unFlock failed: $!\n";
}
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Neil Watson
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2002-07-12 Edit by zdog: Added READMORE tag