How to tackle Incorrect Email ID

[prpanw]

Hi Folks,

I have list of  hundred of Email ID's where i am sending some escalation but issue is if any email id is incorrect workflow get stop and not let emailed rest of escalation.

Can someone please halp me to tacke this so if an y Email id is incorrect then skip that particuler email id and lete other send out.

[DavidSkaife]

Hi @prpanw 

when you say incorrect email ID, do you mean the format of the email is incorrect, or the email address is rejected?

[prpanw]

@DavidSkaife inculding incorrect format and also if email id not available like someone left orginization.

[DavidSkaife]

Hi @prpanw 

Incorrect formatting can be dealt with by Regex, if the email matches the format specified then continue down stream otherwise filter it out. What format(s) are the emails in, i.e abc@bob.com, ab_c@bo-b.com etc

For the second part I'm not 100% sure - whats the error you're getting?

[john_watkins]

Agree that regex as @DavidSkaife mentioned solves bad domain relatively easy assuming the emails are all people in your domain.  I've never had the email tool fail due to an invalid recipient.  This may depend on your mailer setup.    Normally, it just sends and doesn't tell you it is invalid.   You could always match your data set against a current HR or AD dataset and ensure you have "active" emails only.