PayPal email

checking if is an existing PP email

[henry0]

I am not looking to verify if a PP user has a verified account,
just if an entered email corresponds to a PP registered member.

Since any fake email could be entered, I need to figure a way to verify if it is a real PP user's email or a fake one.
Do you know of a way to check it or of any PP API that could the trick?
thanks.

[rainborick]

You might be able to use PayPal's AddressVerify API somehow. But my impression is that there is no simple, direct method of determining whether or not an Email address is a registered PayPal account.

[henry0]

Thanks,
I suppose I could mod my application so it will do the whole check and fully verify the user, I was just hoping not having to do it.
But I found a PP post that states they have no API checking only the email.

[incrediBILL]

Why do you need to verify the email?

Paypal gives you notification if the transaction was a success, at which time you know the email had to be verified on their end or am I missing something here?

[henry0]

I run a site that has a section with auctions
since this is not my main "bread and butter"
I only allow transactions via PP
In order to avoid false bids I need to make sure that the user has already a valid PP address.
else exit() go to PP register etc...
As I mentioned I will mod a few scripts and require the member's address as entered in PP, so I can use the PP verify member API.
It was simple for me to only check the email
but that should do too.