| Re: A general note on invalid.com and others like it [message #183041 is a reply to message #183031] |
Fri, 04 October 2013 23:30   |
bill
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On 2013-10-03 10:40 PM, richard wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Oct 2013 19:49:34 +0000 (UTC), Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
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>> Twayne wrote:
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>>> Just an idle comment on those who use invalid.com for e-mail addresses:
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>>> invalid.com is a legit e-mail address; try it.
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>> Better is to use example.com as it is designed for the purpose. Even
>> better than that is example.invalid
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>> 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.a
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>> Thanks for pointing out this problem.
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> 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?
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No, it's an issue that's been around since the beginnings of today's
version of e-mails.
But at the same time all ISPs simply drop junk mails, where they
have no recipient, on the floor and add them to lists people can
subscribe to of known spammers' addresses after they've been traced.
Very few of them accept the mail and try to deliver it anywhere. But at
the same time if there IS a valid recipient, the ISPs try to decide
whether it's spam or not and just notify the user that they caught a
spam which they can look at if they wish for a short period of time. It
helps their customer's e-mail boxes by keeping out many spam sources
from being delivered.
Twayne`
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