Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender
Oh, the joys of site administration … 🙂
“Requested mail action aborted, mailbox not found“
I really shouldn’t complain about fake email addresses ’cause I do it myself sometimes.
However – just to let you know – sometimes I’d like to ask some of the readers here if I have permission to turn some of their comments into posts. I’d prefer not to do that in open forum; I make such requests through the site email service.
In any case, if this did turn into a subscription site (to block hackers and trolls) like Gerard implemented in the later days of American Digest, a legit email address would be necessary for confirmation – especially if a subscription fee became necessary.
Your choice though – but this is supposed to be a community site.
Comments, please.
It’s pretty common to have to provide a real email address nowadays. I don’t object to it.
Neither do i.
On rare occasion I go anonymous, when I discuss topics I’d rather not have my name attached to. If I have to always provide a valid email address because the web-site administration engine does an email lookup, well then I won’t discuss those sensitive topics.
I should look that up. How does the admin engine do an email address validity check without actually sending an email? The email protocols are 40 years old now, I should know this.
Just like there’s a /dev/null on a computer which is always a valid file handle, somebody on the internet ought to register nobody@nowhere.org so that’s always a valid email address.
I don’t really disagree with you but I am trying to find a balance. It’s one reason this site is still open.
I suspect you and I have somewhat similar backgrounds.
DT