On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 10:44:51AM +1000, Alexander Samad wrote: > doesn't it mean that the slug smtp server has tried to verify > [EMAIL PROTECTED] is a valid email adderss, by making a connect to the > smtp server for snowfrog.net (dig snowfrog.net mx) and trying a vrfy > command ?
That depends on the implementation of the MTA or greylisting. The point of greylisting is to slow down the spammers as to how quickly (which is what they rely on) they could spew out spam. Most MTAs nowadays has disabled the VRFY command to prevent the leakages of email accounts or (even worse) actual accounts. -- -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS d+ s: a- C++ UL++++ P- L+++ E--- W++ N* o-- K-- w--- O-- M V- PS PE Y PGP++ t 5 X++ R tv b++ DI+ D++ G e++ h! r y? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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