VRFY command—Verify whether a mailbox exists on the local host
Purpose
Use the VRFY command to verify whether a given mailbox exists on the local host.
Parameters
- mailbox
- Specifies a user-defined identifier for a mailbox. This name can specify a single mailbox or a mailing list.
Examples
Verify whether mike is a mailbox on host abc.com:
SMTP client: VRFY mike
SMTP server: 250 mike@abc.com
Verify whether users-hackers is a mailing
list on host abc.com: SMTP client: VRFY users-hackers
SMTP server: 250-carol@abc.com
250-greg@abc.com
250-marsha@abc.com
250 peter@abc.com
The hyphen (-) as the fourth character of a response
indicates that the response is continued on the next line.Usage
- The VRFY command operates exactly the same as the EXPN command.
- The VRFY command can verify the existence of one or more mailboxes on the system. The mailboxes are defined by configuration statements in the SMTP.SMTP.CONFIG data set.
- The MVS™ SMTP server verifies only TSO user IDs if RACF® is installed on the local system. TSO user IDs that are verified as valid are accepted with a reply code of 250. If RACF is not installed, any character string up to eight characters is accepted with a reply code of 250.