> What possible benefit could this be to the spammer? The chances of landing > a > correct address is akin to winning the lotto. And even if I employed no > anti-spam, my mail server would simply reject the mail.
Yours may, but that does not mean that all mail servers are configured to reject invalid addresses to their domain(s). There are probably still many admins out there using an "accept all mail" approach with a unknown recipient mailbox, just to be sure they don't miss something. My mail server software, and others, has a specific user alias for this usage called the "nobody" alias. So they receive all those messages and get to decide what is not garbage. It has been a cause for discussion many times on their support list and obviously the current train of thought is to turn off that option, but some still want it. Google "nobody alias" for more exciting information. :o) http://www.google.com/search?q=%22nobody%20alias%22 Doug Traylor ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Assp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user
