Using valid emails
D'Arcy J.M. Cain
darcy at Vex.Net
Mon Aug 1 12:05:15 EDT 2016
Time to change the subject.
On Tue, 02 Aug 2016 01:30:47 +1000
Gordon Levi <gordon at address.invalid> wrote:
> "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy at Vex.Net> wrote:
> ><gordon at address.invalid>: Host or domain name not found. Name service
> >error for name=address.invalid type=AAAA: Host not found
> >
> >So I have to examine every address I reply to or deal with the bounce
> >message later. Way to move your spam problem to someone else.
>
> .invalid is specified in RFC 2606 for exactly that purpose. If you
> don't notice that the address is invalid a server very close to you,
Sure so either I have to stop and examine the address or else deal with
the bounce from my SMTP server. Isn't that what I said?
> probably your SMTP server, will tell you. In contrast, your valid
> email address will become the target of many spam emails even if you
> manage to block them. It will also be used as the source of spam so
> somebody at vex.net may be fooled into believing that they are
> receiving a proper email.
I'm a little insulted that you think that I would ever allow someone to
send mail to Vex.Net pretending to be from Vex.Net. That's just too
easy to detect and block. Try it.
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D'Arcy J.M. Cain
System Administrator, Vex.Net
http://www.Vex.Net/ IM:darcy at Vex.Net
VoIP: sip:darcy at Vex.Net
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