>that it is a way of testing for valid email addresses for a validated >spam address list. The reply path address has always been something
To test the validity of an email address, one does not need to send an empty message. As long as no DATA is sent, the SMTP transaction is aborted. And you have already checked that the RCPT was ok. I implemented something like that long time ago to check that users entered a valid email address in a Web from. Olivier _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk