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  Msg # 340 of 32000 on ZZNE4431, Saturday 5-12-23, 2:28  
  From: PAUL EBERMANN  
  To: ALL  
  Subj: Re: RFC2822-compliant email addresses  
 From: Paul-Ebermann@gmx.de 
  
 "Guy Macon" skribis: 
  
 > Russ Allbery  says... 
 > 
 > >Okay.  So you [Bruce Murphy] feel this way about everyone who posts 
 > >to Usenet with an unrepliable address?  You must really dislike a 
 > >lot of people. 
 > > 
 > >Or are you [Bruce Murphy] particularly upset by particular *types* 
 > >of errors?  And if so, why are some errors worse than others? 
 > 
 > I personally class the possible errors from an attempt to reply 
 > by email to an unrepliable address as follows: 
 > 
 > BEST: An error message that stops you from sending. 
 > 
 > NOT-TOO-BAD: A bounced email that you see when you check your mail. 
 > 
 > BAD: Everything looks fine, but the email goes to a local bit bucket. 
 >      (invalid@example.com) 
  
 What about invalid@example.invalid ? 
  
  
 Paul 
  
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