From: Tom Phoenix Newsgroups: alt.humor.best-of-usenet Subject: [comp.lang.perl.misc] Re: A Script for checking emails valid? Date: 25 Jun 1998 13:09:31 +0200 Subject: Re: A Script for checking emails valid? From: Eli the Bearded <*@qz.to> Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl.misc [Submitter's note: The term "Invisiclues" refers to the hint booklets for InfoCom games, which try to give progressively broader clues as needed. At first, they are pretty subtle (or even misleading), but by the end they fairly blurt out what you should have figured out three clues earlier.] In comp.lang.perl.misc, Mr. Guy Gershoni wrote: > I am just wondering if anyone knows where I might be able to get a script > that will go through a list of emails and check that they still exsist. INVISICLUES(TM) 1} Where can I get perl scripts? A) What do you need to use perl scripts? B) Don't read further until you have a computer. C) Have you tried examining the stuff on your computer? D) You have to turn it on first. E) You have to plug it in first. F) See, that wasn't so hard was it? 2} None of the scripts I have do what I want. Where can I get more? A) Where do perl scripts come from? B) People type them in. C) Don't read futher until you know perl. D) You could type one in too. 3} How can I learn perl? A) Perl comes with extensive documentation of the language. B) There are lots of hints in the FAQs. C) _Learning Perl_ and _Programming Perl_ are excellent references, too. 4} Okay, I know perl, but I don't know how to do this in perl. Help me. A) Usenet is a good place to ask questions. B) That didn't work so well, did it? C) Maybe you should have used a better subject. D) Read . E) Still getting flamed, huh? F) Maybe you should check to see if people have asked that question before. G) Have you tried reviewing the thread? H) Dejanews archives Usenet posts. I) Dejanews is at . J) ASK DEJANEWS ABOUT Elijah ------ making a template out of this