Paul Mansfield wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, Tony Earnshaw wrote:
> > generally always exists (hostmaster or postmaster or someone I know),
> I'm with Philip, testing with verify would
> - slow mail down A LOT
Certainly a valid reason ...
> - only have valid results in 20% of cases
As I said, my experience doesn't conform to that percentage;
> (its considered very bad practise to
> allow verify to work as it poses a security risk
I see that Philip's site practises what it preaches. Tell us a little
about the security risks, please?
> and some mailers like
> SMAP/SMAPd always return positive)
Tests can be done for positive/non-positive by giving a user who
couldn't exist ... as I do;
> - potentially cause just as many problems as it solves when mailing lists
> and majordomo things are used, some of which "hide" targets anyway!
There your knowledge far outstrips mine.
Tony
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