Re: [Asrg] Some data on the validity of MAIL FROM addresses

[Kee Hinckley <nazgul@somewhere.com>]

At 10:53 AM +0100 5/18/03, Jon Kyme wrote:
>  >
> >  Interesting that the results vary so much by ISP.  Yahoo accounts are
> >  pretty valid.  Hotmail accounts are pretty bad.  AOL is quite good.
> >  Earthlink has a problem.  MSN's slightly better, but still negative.
>
> Of course yahoo will say 250 to pretty much anything.
> So these addresses are "valid" in what sense exactly?
They said "no" to 16% of the messages I queried them on.  The 
specific message they used was:

553 VS10-RT Possible forgery or deactivated due to abuse (#5.1.1)

Can you show instances in which they say yes to messages they cannot deliver?
--
Kee Hinckley
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I'm not sure which upsets me more: that people are so unwilling to accept
responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate
everyone else's.
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