[TriLUG] RE: Verisign's wildcard in .com and .net (fwd)

[Dan Monjar]

--On Tuesday, September 16, 2003 11:17:02 AM -0400 Tanner Lovelace 
<lovelace at wayfarer.org> wrote:


>
> The question I have is whether they're logging e-mail addresses
> in this.  Presumably return addresses will be valid.  How long
> till Verisign has an e-mail list that spammers would kill to
> get?
>
> Tanner

Not only that but how big is that box?  I sent mail through my normal 
process to me at trilugrocks.com and got back a reject message:

-----
This is the Postfix program at host dam.biomerieux.com.

I'm sorry to have to inform you that the message returned
below could not be delivered to one or more destinations.

For further assistance, please send mail to <postmaster>

If you do so, please include this problem report. You can
delete your own text from the message returned below.

			The Postfix program

<me at trilugrocks.com>: host trilugrocks.com[64.94.110.11] said: 550 User 
domain
    does not exist. (in reply to RCPT TO command)
------

So 64.94.110.11 is responding to every mistyped .com & .net mail address... 
the load must be huge (knowing my users).


--
Dan
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