On 2022-05-25 at 15:00:19 UTC-0400 (Wed, 25 May 2022 15:00:19 -0400)
Omid Majdi via mailop <[email protected]>
is rumored to have said:

> Hey all,
>
> I'm looking to see if anyone has compiled any lists of invalid email domains?

A valid email domain is a domain that can be resolved (via MX and/or A and 
AAAA) records to a working mail exchanger for that domain.

Defining "invalid" is apparently subjective, if your request is indicative...

In my view, the only way to tell that a domain is "invalid" is if it doesn't 
resolve or if DNS leads one to a bogus IP address for an MX: e.g. RFC1918, 
loopback, test-net, etc.

> Examples of such would be typo domains

One man's "typo domain" is another man's "I had this name first!" domain.

> and/or domains that accept all local-part addresses

There is NOTHING objectively "invalid" about that. It's not something most mail 
systems should do for most domains in the modern world but I know many people 
who are still using "catchall" domains happily.

> such as gmai.com, gmail.co, googlemai.com, or proton.com. If there's any 
> resources someone could share for known invalid domains that would be 
> incredibly helpful.

Given that you seem to want a list of domains that fit your extremely personal 
concept of "invalidity" I do not expect that anyone has any list that you would 
find useful. If you invent a set of criteria for "invalid" domains from thin 
air, you will likely need to identify such domains yourself.



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