Bill, it depends on the context, some domain registrars check the deliverability of an e-mail address before registering domains where a contact or maintainer is listed on the registration. the ability to check deliverability w/o actualling delivering mail is at time a useful thing for those attempting to cut down on registration fraud. -rick On Mon, 26 May 2003, Bill Manning wrote: > sending crap to see if the email address is valid is spam. it is > unwanted, unsolicited, consumes resources I pay for w/o my consent. > the perp could care less what they send, as long as my local mail > system indicates delivery is successful. they then "harvest" the > email address. if they do it twice and get an affirmative response > that mail is/would be successfully delivered, ... double opt-in!! > > thats one thing -we- generally call spam. > > > % Harvesting addresses isn't an email message. Its spam-related activity, > % but it isn't spam. > % > % --Dean > % > % On Mon, 26 May 2003, Bill Manning wrote: > % > % > % There are 3 types of email that we generally call spam: > % > > % > who are "we"? > % > > % > type 4: harvesting/collecting "working" email addresses to be re-sold. > % > > % > > % > --bill > % > Opinions expressed may not even be mine by the time you read them, and > % > certainly don't reflect those of any other entity (legal or otherwise). > % > > % > > > -- > --bill > > Opinions expressed may not even be mine by the time you read them, and > certainly don't reflect those of any other entity (legal or otherwise). > >