Re: [Exim] Yahoo and sender verification callout

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Author: Marc Haber
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Yahoo and sender verification callout
On Wed, 21 May 2003 10:33:40 -0400, William Thompson
<wt@???> wrote:
>> <wt@???> wrote:
>> That seems to be temporary. At this moment, that address gives "250"
>> on RCPT TO and "554" after DATA.
>
>Some sites like us accept all mail so that an admin can review the message
>and forward if the (l)user got the address wrong.


That's OK, IMO, as long as a message is accepted in the first place.

Yahoo knows pretty well that their domains are probably the most
abused domains on the Internet, and making it hard to distinguish a
valid yahoo address from an invalid one is not a wise move.

Greetings
Marc

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