On 25 Jun 2013, at 21:55, "John Levine" <jo...@iecc.com> wrote:
> That "works", but it will take a week of repeated connection attempts > before the message times out. Seems like the right outcome for the circumstances you refer to: the problem lies with the end user who mistyped the domain name -- who does that any more? -- and they alone have to take corrective action to deal with the consequences of their mistake. Nobody else needs to do anything or care. Result! > As I think I said, the person who asked > has a domain a typo away from a very popular one, and would like to > get rid of the unwanted traffic efficiently while still having his > web server or whatever on the A record. Tough. Whoever is in that position is presumably making enough money from the ads on his/her "typosquatted" web site to put up with the hassle. > The IETF had and currently has no opinion about this hack either way. > I'm trying to figure out whether it's worth resuscitating the draft > and publishing it. Well go ahead. The last attempt (if there was one) didn't get very far so maybe you'll do better this time round. Just publish the draft and stop talking about doing that.
