# Verify E-mail Delivery

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/verify-e-mail-delivery/131855>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 13, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/verify-e-mail-delivery/131855 "2008-03-13T21:55:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![keaja](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@keaja](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/keaja)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/verify-e-mail-delivery/131855/1 "2008-03-13T21:55:10Z")

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Are there any services or ways of verifying that an e-mail is reaching  
its recipient? I am using ActiveMailer and it works well but I may  
need to start ensuring that e-mails are delivered to the address  
specified.

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**Author:** ![keaja](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@keaja](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/keaja)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 10:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/verify-e-mail-delivery/131855/2 "2008-03-13T22:19:53Z")

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> Are there any services or ways of verifying that an e-mail is reaching  
> its recipient? I am using ActiveMailer and it works well but I may  
> need to start ensuring that e-mails are delivered to the address  
> specified.

Not really. You could look into setting a ‘return receipt’ header  
(google  
for specifics) and those clients that have it enabled will send an email  
back saying “got it”. I always turn that stuff off though. Not sure  
what  
normal clients do by default. Point being it isn’t guaranteed to work.

Other than putting a link in the email that the user clicks on, no.

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**Author:** ![keaja](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@keaja](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/keaja)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 11:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/verify-e-mail-delivery/131855/3 "2008-03-13T23:04:09Z")

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Thanks Philip. That’s what I had assumed but was hoping I would get  
lucky =)

On Mar 13, 2008, at 2:19 PM, Philip H. wrote:

> Are there any services or ways of verifying that an e-mail is reaching  
> its recipient? I am using ActiveMailer and it works well but I may  
> need to start ensuring that e-mails are delivered to the address  
> specified.

Not really. You could look into setting a ‘return receipt’ header  
(google  
for specifics) and those clients that have it enabled will send an email  
back saying “got it”. I always turn that stuff off though. Not sure  
what  
normal clients do by default. Point being it isn’t guaranteed to work.

Other than putting a link in the email that the user clicks on, no.