NAME

Email::IsFree - Detect whether e-mail is from free provider

SYNOPSIS

  use Email::IsFree;

  # returns 1
  print Email::IsFree::by_domain("hotmail.com");
  print Email::IsFree::by_email("foo@hotmail.com");

  # returns 0
  print Email::IsFree::by_domain("aol.com");
  print Email::IsFree::by_email("bar@aol.com");

ABSTRACT

This module detects whether an e-mail address belongs to a free e-mail provider such as hotmail.com or yahoo.com. It currently contains over 6000 domains. Additions and corrections are welcome.

DESCRIPTION

This module can be used to screen credit card orders based on e-mail. Many credit card scamsters use free, anonymous email accounts with another person's name to place fraudulent orders.

AUTHOR

TJ Mather, <tjmather@maxmind.com>

CREDITS

The following people have contributed free e-mail domains:

  Robert Young
  David J

Thanks!

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2003 by MaxMind LLC

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.