On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 2:25 AM, Peter Pearson <ppearson@nowhere.invalid> > wrote: >> Amusingly, every time I log into Discovercard's web site, I >> get a red-letter warning that my registered email address is >> invalid. Â Inquiring, I was told that the presence of the >> substring "spam" anywhere in the address (including >> "@spamcop.net") makes the address invalid in Discovercard's >> opinion. > > I had no idea it was so easy to prevent spam from getting through. I > am in awe, Discovercard!
I would think that it is not an anti-spam measure, but simply due to the fact that most addresses containing "spam" tend to be something like "nos...@invalid.net", being either a fake address or a junk inbox that is only checked when an important mail is expected. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
