In <Pine.LNX.4.21.KSI2.0005291523200.12822-100000@nomad.ksi-linux.com> Sergey Kubushin (ksi@ksi-linux.com) wrote:
> On Mon, 29 May 2000, James Stevenson wrote:
> Unfortunately enough, the properly configured mail server does usually have
> VRFY disabled...
What is even more annoying is that some mailers will not only say that address
i fine on VRFY request but will even say "accepted to delivery" to mail on
some gibberish address just to throw away it later (on internal corporate
server, for example). For example simple and fast server accepts all mail
to *@*.bigcompany.com and then forward mail for deep analisys to internal
mail servers for *@*.somedivision1.bigcompany.com,
*@*.somedivision2.bigcompany.com, etc. Then if adress is wrong eventually
mail will be rejected by internal server but internet-visible server will
accept ANY mail to *@*.bigcompany.com ... So VRFY can not be used as 100%
reliable confirmation even if it's not disabled. It can be good hit, though.
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