Anyone wants to do a Programming Project for Adult.com?
 

I need a bounce email parser for mailserver logfile. It needs to run on Windows.

We are cleansing some old member's lists.

It would parse the emails from a mail inbox file like below, and be able to recogize a soft bounce (mailbox full, server busy etc.) from a hard one (user doesn't exist, etc.). It need to be fast, so I guess written in C or some other 4GL.

Shoot me a price (lensman at adult.com)

Here's an inbox sample:

From <> Wed Feb 05 15:29:46 2003
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 15:17:49 -0800
Message-Id: <[email protected]>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
From: "Postmaster" <[email protected]>
Sender: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Undeliverable Mail
X-Mailer: <SMTP32 v7.13>
Status: U
X-UIDL: 344464282

Unknown user: [email protected]


Original message follows.

Received: from juila [66.60.188.9] by mail.amateurpages.com
(SMTPD32-7.13) id A5762009C; Wed, 05 Feb 2003 01:12:22 -0800
From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Your AmateurPages account
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000
Reply-To: [email protected]
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 01:26:12 -0800
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Message-Id: <200302050112911.SM00904@juila>

you outsource also.. or is mike69 just lazy :glugglug

Hey Lens, I'll write you a kick ass script if you don't mind using one written in Basic.

(It's the only language I remember how to write)

Yes I'm a TI, Commadore, Amiga war veteran and proud of it.

Ya thats it.... could not be that I have way to much stuff to do eh??? lmao...

Pornwolf is old skool!

Unfortunately what seems simple on the surface is not due to non-standards (RFC 821) conforming mail servers. There are over 300 bounce codes you will potentially encounter and need to parse. Depending on the size of your list, it may be easier and more time / cost effective to use a list verifier, although these have issues with certain domains also.

i'd be interested.

i could whip something up in php only tho. i think they have a standalone binary for windows.

why the hell are you guys using winblows still? :P

BTW- Eric said there wasn't any toietpaper in stall 2.....

man im outta toilet paper 2!:glugglug

Isn't there something like procmail for windows that can handle that ?

i'm working on that exact problem for my mainstream biz. Final product will be windows executable with standard form/menu style GUI. Don't know if it will get 100% of bounces, but its gotta do a pretty good job.

When I get it finished in my COPIOUS free time, I'll check back and see if you still need something.

Probably gonna be a day late dollar short tho.