Re: test email address?

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (robert)]

 > From: "Robin (http://www.dev.null/~krystal)" <http://www.devnull.net/~krystal>
 > Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 13:02:18 PDT
 >
 > Dude, you need to fix your spam filter to allow the standard "Re: " 
 > inclusion ...

It was a bug due to the '?' in the subject line.  So much for regular
expressions...

Re: bounces.  Is it illegal to provide a non-existent return address?  I'd
like to know if my current ISPs/providers are "irresponsible".  The
irresponsible ones are more useful :-).

(One of my providers rebuffed my request to include OpenDNS.  He cited
security considerations.  I guess they're too responsible!)

 > -robin
 > 
 > Forwarded message:
 > Received: from Aziz.devnull.net (http://www.aziz.devnull.net/~root [209.21.75.52])
 > 	by nuraldin.devnull.net (8.11.4/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f6NCrXW04672
 > 	for <http://www.nuraldin.devnull.net/~krystal>; Mon, 23 Jul 2001 05:53:33 -0700 
 > (PDT)
 > Received: from  (222.good.net [209.54.25.222] (may be 
 > forged))
 > 	by Aziz.devnull.net (8.9.0/8.9.0) with SMTP id NAA30257
 > 	for <http://www.devnull.net/~krystal>; Mon, 23 Jul 2001 13:03:00 -0700
 > Received: (qmail 16421 invoked by uid 507); 23 Jul 2001 19:56:45 -0000
 > Date: 23 Jul 2001 19:56:45 -0000
 > Message-ID: <20010723195645.16420.qmail@>
 > MBOX-Line: From http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert  Mon Jul 23 15:56:44 
 > 2001
 > From: http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (robert)
 > To: http://www.devnull.net/~krystal
 > Subject: Re: test email address?
 > References: <200107231931.http://www.Shahryar.devnull.net/~MAA16545>
 > In-Reply-To: <200107231931.http://www.Shahryar.devnull.net/~MAA16545>
 > X-Loop: http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert
 > X-UIDL: N0-"!a2\"!\fe!!(VU"!
 > 
 > >Well, I can tell you that I got 5 emails to "http://www.opennic.glue/~test" from 
 > >"64.48.78.2" which comes to my personal mailbox (as the default 
 > >recipient).  ;-)
 > 
 > >I really should put a email-ping program on that address for people to 
 > >test with.  There's no way to provide a guaranteed reject address, 
 > >though, without converting one of my boxes to ICANN's DNS system.  All 
 > >"responsible" mail servers will bounce a non-existent address (from 
 > >their perspective).
 > 
 > >-robin
 > 
 > >>Hi.  I'm trying to get email working with OpenDNS.  Is there a test 
 > >email
 > >>address I can use?  Having an email address which guarantees a bounce
 > >>would be useful to see which of my email providers disallow failed 
 > >reverse
 > >>DNS lookups?  (I noticed your server disallows failed reverse 
 > lookups, 
 > >for
 > >>example.)
 > >>
 > >>
 > 
 > >Turning and turning in the widening gyre
 > >The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
 > >Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
 > >Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.
 > 
 > Sorry, but my mail filter thinks that you are sending me SPAM and your
 > message has been deleted.  To avoid this, please resend your message 
 > with
 > either exactly the same subject of a message I sent to you before this 
 > one
 > or keywords such as where we met or you saw me, my full name, etc..
 > 
 > Turning and turning in the widening gyre
 > The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
 > Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
 > Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.
 >