From: grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se   
      
   On Fri, 2013-04-05, glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:   
   ...   
   > It used to be that mail servers had the VRFY command that would verify   
   > that a recipient existed. Now most just tell you (if you send VRFY) to   
   > mail and see what happens.   
   >   
   > Many will bounce mail if the recipient doesn't exist, but some   
   > silently discard it.   
      
   And those who do discard are a pox on the Internet. "Return to sender"   
   was designed to be something you could rely on.   
      
   I don't know how common this is, but there's lot of collateral damage   
   from the war of spam and this may be one thing.   
      
   /Jorgen   
      
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