On Monday 31 October 2005 05:58, Ian Eiloart wrote: > > The only problem would be if someone sent legitimate email to a few
> > accounts, but included one of your dead accounts in the message.
>
> So, for example, if one of your ex-staff were still subscribed to an
> important mailing list, all the remaining staff would cease to get
> email from that list. And nobody would get any notifications, because
> you can't reject or bounce the messages.
No, I don't think I would add ex-staff to the list for just that reason. But adding ficticious addresses
to our web page would be fair game. E.g. A list of addresses that have never been valid
addresses.