From: barmar@alum.mit.edu   
      
   In article ,   
    Jorgen Grahn  wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Unfortunately, spammers have forced many decisions that are violations   
   of otherwise good practice. Mail bounces result in innocent bystanders   
   being inundated with blowback. People can't run personal mail servers on   
   their home computers because most sites block mail from residential   
   addresses.   
      
   --   
   Barry Margolin   
   Arlington, MA   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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