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Subject: Re: interesting link on the AOL postmaster/abuse problem
From: "Bernie Cosell" <bernie @ fantasyfarm . com>
Organization: Fantasy Farm Fibers
Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2000 17:51:02 -0400
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On 9 Apr 2000, at 13:04, Roger B.A. Klorese wrote:

> On Sun, 9 Apr 2000, Chuq Von Rospach wrote:
> > Laurie turned my on to this today... FYI.
> > 
> > <http://www.samspade.org/noaol.html>
> 
> Autoresponding with the appropriate addresses (as long as they in turn are
> read) is compliant, though maybe not in the way you might prefer.

I don't think so.  A far as I know, RFC 822 is still the governing RFC 
for email, and it states:

>      6.3.  RESERVED ADDRESS
> 
>           It often is necessary to send mail to a site, without  know-
>      ing  any  of its valid addresses.  For example, there may be mail
>      system dysfunctions, or a user may wish to find  out  a  person's
>      correct address, at that site.
> 
>           This standard specifies a single, reserved  mailbox  address
>      (local-part)  which  is  to  be valid at each site.  Mail sent to
>      that address is to be routed to  a  person  responsible  for  the
>      site's mail system or to a person with responsibility for general
>      site operation ...

I"m afraid that to my reading autoresponding with random other addresses 
and 'rules' doesn't comply with "mail sent to that address is to be 
routed..."  [unless, by bouncing back to ME they're implying that *I'm* 
somehow responsible for AOL's mail system.. :o)]

  /Bernie\
-- 
Bernie Cosell                     Fantasy Farm Fibers
mailto:bernie@fantasyfarm.com     Pearisburg, VA
    -->  Too many people, too few sheep  <--          


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