Am 21.12.2011 00:47, schrieb Peter: > On 21/12/11 10:11, Dennis Carr wrote: >> In all seriousness, I guess it depends on who you ask. For the original >> poster's case, it's going to a "noreply" address, and I've seen cases >> where nore...@foo.bar is simply eaten, more often than not, rather than >> rejected. Besides, as far as I'm concerned, it does serve as an extra >> use: messages to noreply or similar black hole addresses can serve as a >> receptacle for flames. Some yutz can decide he's going to e a jerk and >> flame somebody that doesn't actually exist - s/he feels good about >> {him,her}self in theory, > > ...which is exactly why you should never drop email like that. You are > advocating for tricking a sender into thinking that his email was > received when it was not. The number of times of your scenario is going > to be far outweighed by the number of emails that contain important > information. Even in your case it is likely that the ranting sender > wants to be removed from your mailing list and to make him think you've > received this email but not removed him from the list turns you into a > spammer.
so why does he not use the reply-button and what is he thinking does "nore...@mail.tld" mean? if you do not read the noreply-address it is the same as drop the messages, the only difference is on the storage
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