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Re: [Asrg] Some data on the validity of MAIL FROM addresses

"Jon Kyme" <jrk@merseymail.com> Sun, 18 May 2003 09:56 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Asrg] Some data on the validity of MAIL FROM addresses
To: Kee Hinckley <nazgul@somewhere.com>
From: Jon Kyme <jrk@merseymail.com>
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Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 10:53:23 +0100

> 
> Interesting that the results vary so much by ISP.  Yahoo accounts are 
> pretty valid.  Hotmail accounts are pretty bad.  AOL is quite good. 
> Earthlink has a problem.  MSN's slightly better, but still negative.


Of course yahoo will say 250 to pretty much anything.
So these addresses are "valid" in what sense exactly?





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