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Re: Test

From Rich <rich@example.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.misc
Subject Re: Test
Date 2014-08-16 21:45 +0000
Organization My Linux Box
Message-ID <lsojdh$tet$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References <7ztx5exh2j.fsf@example.com> <1043457021429901244.315208rsw-therandymon.com@news.solani.org> <7ziolsuyox.fsf@example.com> <lsob5u$er3$1@solani.org> <7zegwgus6o.fsf@example.com>

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David Hume <David.Hume@example.com> wrote:
> RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> writes:

> > On 2014-08-16, David Hume <David.Hume@example.com> wrote:
> >> RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> writes:
> >>
> >>> David Hume <David.Hume@example.com> wrote:
> >>>> RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> writes:
> >> It's an extremely advanced neural net program. Unfortunately it
> >> has no USB interface, so I cannot share it.
> >
> > Well, I see you're posting from gnus, so you're halfway there. 
> > Probably just a matter of hacking up a little emacs lisp code and
> > choosing a key binding.

> No no, my point was, my email address is obviously not valid, but that
> doesn't mean I am a bot. I wasn't implying that I was the offending bot.

> Anyway, how can you tell that an email address is valid,

Without sending the address an email, and verifing that the destination
MX server accepted the email, you can't determine validity of an email
address.

The most you can do short of sending an actual email is determine that
the format is allowed by the RFC's.

> and what is to stop a bot having a valid email address?

Nothing at all.

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Test robot@i-robot.invalid - 2014-08-13 16:33 +0000
  Re: Test mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2014-08-13 19:00 +0100
  Re: Test Andy Burns <usenet.feb2014@adslpipe.co.uk> - 2014-08-14 08:08 +0100
    Re: Test Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-08-14 07:49 +0000
      Re: Test "D.D. (Magic Oddball)" <usenet.xyzzyx@EATspamgourmet.com> - 2014-08-14 04:38 -0700
        Re: Test RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-08-15 15:14 +0000
    Re: Test RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-08-14 23:19 +0000
      Re: Test Andy Burns <usenet.feb2014@adslpipe.co.uk> - 2014-08-15 00:26 +0100
      Re: Test David Hume <David.Hume@example.com> - 2014-08-15 10:01 +0100
        Re: Test RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-08-16 17:01 +0000
          Re: Test David Hume <David.Hume@example.com> - 2014-08-16 18:33 +0100
            Re: Test RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-08-16 19:24 +0000
              Re: Test David Hume <David.Hume@example.com> - 2014-08-16 20:53 +0100
                Re: Test Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-08-16 21:45 +0000
                Re: Test RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-08-17 12:53 +0000
      Re: Test Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2014-08-15 20:17 +0000

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