>>>>> "R" == R G Salisbury <R.G.Salisbury> writes:
R> Some ISP's (exetel ... [EMAIL PROTECTED]) is one, that do R> not bounce notices when you send to an invalid email address). R> Some ISP's do bounce a message , so you know the status , so you R> know it is futile to try again to the same address. The best thing to do is to refuse to accept a message for an invalid user at SMTP conversation time. That way the sending MX gets to notice the problem, and generate a bounce iff appropriate. As a general rule bounces are evil. I'm planning to give a talk at SLUG on this next month, if the committee agree.... -- Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au http://www.ertos.nicta.com.au ERTOS within National ICT Australia -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
