On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 23:36:01 GMT
"Snooze" wrote:


"Cybe R. Wizard" Cybe_R_Wizard@WizardsTower wrote in message
news:20040202090531.6a3b57a4.Cybe_R_Wizard@Wizards Tower...
Disfigured so as to guard the /real/ eddress from the spambots.
Some people munge their eddress in different ways, such as:





All will avoid the spambots, BUT the last one is incorrect because
it leaves the ISP's name and any spam mail sent to the eddress will,
therefore, sit on the mail server until it is either delivered (not
likely) or deleted by the server which can take weeks depending upon
how the server is configured. The rest correctly munge the ISP name
so mail goes directly to the trash instead of sitting around taking
up server space while delivery is attempted over and over again.


Cyberwizard you made a minor mistake. All but the LAST one is
incorrect. A valid domain will allow the MTA (mail transport agent) to
attempt to deliver the mail, trigger an immediate bounce.
(specifically a 550 user unknown error)

I see that you are correct:

This message was created automatically by mail delivery software (Exim).

A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es)
failed:


SMTP error from remote mailer after RCPT
: host mx6.earthlink.net
[207.217.125.21]: 550
------ This is a copy of the message, including all the headers.------

snip

Sameer

Thanks, I like learning new things!

Cybe R. Wizard
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