* D'Arcy J.M. Cain:
Damn!  I missed the @invalid.com in the address.  I'm not sure why I
just didn't do this before but @invalid.com just went into my
blacklist.

Does anyone else think that that behaviour is just rude, not to mention
in violation of the RFCs?

In RFC violation yes.


<quote source="rfc2606">
   To safely satisfy these needs, four domain names are reserved as
   listed and described below.

                   .test
                .example
                .invalid
              .localhost

      ".test" is recommended for use in testing of current or new DNS
      related code.

      ".example" is recommended for use in documentation or as examples.

      ".invalid" is intended for use in online construction of domain
      names that are sure to be invalid and which it is obvious at a
      glance are invalid.

      The ".localhost" TLD has traditionally been statically defined in
      host DNS implementations as having an A record pointing to the
      loop back IP address and is reserved for such use.  Any other use
      would conflict with widely deployed code which assumes this use.
</quote>


Rude, no, it's probably someone who thought that /including/ the word "invalid" was the way to do it.


Cheers, just my 3 øre,

- Alf

PS: in the same way, not including "OT" in the subject line here might be considered rude. But then, if I were to add it, some newsreader might split the thread. So it's difficult to please everyone! :-)
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