On Sat, 17 Jan 2009, Thomas wrote: > Wietse Venema wrote: >> Accepting mail for a non-existent user and then dropping the bounce >> is the wrong solution for the wrong problem. >> >> I will fight tooth and nail against the idiots that encourage such >> preposterous configuration. >> > > I know that :) > I was just saying that there ARE numerous mail servers that are > configured this way - and it is a valid question how to configure a mail > server this way, IMHO.
No. Just because there are stupidly configured mail servers, does not mean you too need to join the stupidity. > Also, anybody is free to configure it exactly this way ... even if that > is problematic in times. You are free to configure your mail server however you like, but the rest of us are free to REJECT anything that comes from it. > Mostly, major companies have such a configuration - i think, they want > to stop tries to figure out the real mail addresses and find real people > this way. > > For example: > > Trying josef.ackerm...@deutsche-bank.de may be the right mail address - > if my test mail get´s rejected, i know that it is NOT. > If the reject is silent, everything is still open - sometimes a better > solution! Again, no. What if I know Josef and have sent him an important email. I mis-spell his email address and receive no bounce. I assume Josef received the email but Josef never knows I tried to get in touch. This is bad. > Just some thoughts ... Think again. :) -- Sahil Tandon <sa...@tandon.net>
