| Re: A general note on invalid.com and others like it [message #183042 is a reply to message #183033] |
Fri, 04 October 2013 23:33   |
bill
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On 2013-10-03 11:50 PM, Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
> richard @shut.the.fuck.up.stupid wrote:
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>> 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?
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> 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).
>
You forget, invalid.com will load into your browser; they used to have
email addresses too, before the registrars started threatening them.
example.com is in the same boat with several derivatives already
floating around.
Bass turds like you abound around the 'net.
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