Re: [Asrg] valid address lists revisited

[John Levine <asrg at johnlevine.com>]

>Now, with the current situation wouldn't it be a benefit to have
>a query service like
>
>   Q:joe at example.com
>   A:OK
>
>   Q:joe at example.com
>   A:F:jane at example.net
>
>(The F: could mean "forward to jane at example.net aka send it there
>instead of joe at example.com).

Well, VRFY has been there for 20 years and still is present in RFC 2821.

I have mixed feelings.  There's a whole lot of spam with forged real
addresses, and I would be reluctant to add anything that encourages
bad guys to forge addresses of real innocent victims.


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John R. Levine, IECC, POB 727, Trumansburg NY 14886 +1 607 330 5711
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Member, Provisional board, Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-mail

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