Re: user-visible goals
Paul Smith <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.mail.ng |
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At 04:34 02/02/2004, Doug Royer wrote: >>>- Some users want to check if message would be delivered, such as if email >>> address exists at all and if they want to accept such message even before >>> attepting to send the message >> >> >>bounces are a whole area to be deciphered. Return receipts are a >>potential privacy concern --- there should be a mechanism to request one, >>but the receiver should have final say on whether it's returned or not. > >And it sounds like it would be spammers heaven to test email addresses >before sending. >That is why most of us turn off SMTP's VRFY and EXPN. But then, OTOH, if I could test that the sender's email address was valid and the one they were assigned by their provider, it'd be harder for spammers - they can't fake addresses any more, and so I can filter on it reliably. Paul VPOP3 - Internet Email Server/Gateway [email protected] http://www.pscs.co.uk/