Yes, Chris, many things can be used for lesser purposes. Perhaps this could be like when people automate guessing passwords and one defense is to stop accepting after N bad guesses till some external method resets things.
-----Original Message----- From: Python-list <python-list-bounces+avi.e.gross=gmail....@python.org> On Behalf Of Chris Angelico via Python-list Sent: Thursday, November 2, 2023 2:05 AM To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: Checking if email is valid On Thu, 2 Nov 2023 at 15:20, AVI GROSS via Python-list <python-list@python.org> wrote: > > Yes, it would be nice if there was a syntax for sending a test message sort > of like an ACK that is not delivered to the recipient but merely results in > some status being sent back such as DELIVERABLE or NO SUCH USER or even > MAILBOX FULL. > Yes, it would! Spammers would be able to use this syntax to figure out exactly which addresses actually have real people connected to it. It would save them so much trouble! Brilliant idea. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
