| Re: A general note on invalid.com and others like it [message #183033 is a reply to message #183031] |
Fri, 04 October 2013 03:50   |
Beauregard T. Shagnas
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Registered: September 2010
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richard @shut.the.fuck.up.stupid wrote:
> Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
>> Twayne wrote:
>>> Just an idle comment on those who use invalid.com for e-mail
>>> addresses:
>>>
>>> invalid.com is a legit e-mail address; try it.
>>
>> Better is to use example.com as it is designed for the purpose. Even
>> better than that is example.invalid
>>
>> Any made-up user name to the left of the @ that uses a valid domain
>> name to the right will flood the server of the owner of that valid
>> domain, regardless if the user name is legitimate or not.
>>
>> Thanks for pointing out this problem.
>
> Really?
Yes, bullis, really.
> I wasn't aware that simply posting an addy cause email to be
> sent to that addy.
> Is this some new feature of usenet?
In all your years, I suppose it is possible that you have never heard of
email address harvesting on Usenet by spammers. Okay, I get that. You've
learned something new tonight.
BTW, bullis(at)shut(dot)the(dot)fuck(dot)up(dot)stupid will still cause the servers the
spammers use to attempt to *send* mail to shut.the.fuck.up.stupid. They
will *not* attempt to send to example.com or something.invalid (because
they are configured that way).
--
-bts
-This space for rent, but the price is high
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