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Originally Posted by anothergeek This above is just not the case and sorry, is completely incorrect - they are spam free because a commercial email cannot reach these addresses EVEN if they know exactly what they are......
For Example: try sending me an email to me at my address what@another.geek and see what happens. I can send to all other dotworlds domains and I can also send to the outside world (ie .coms, .nets) but bulk mailers cant access these addresses.
As for commercially viable for spammers - that will never be so. Still, with billions more addresses to find, spamming also becomes a mathematical impossibility - but based on the above, that point is academic. |
Actually, what I said is exactly correct and what you just said mirrors the point I was making. You basically said I was wrong and then said the same thing I said using different words. I know exactly what will happen if I send an email to an email address with a domain not in the root zone, it will get bounced back to me by the MTA I use to deliver mail. Here is an excerpt from my above post that I think sums that up:
"Not to mention that those email addresses are not even deliverable by any standard email delivering software without some sort of modifications being made and users of those email addresses could not depend on any kind of reliable mail service between themselves and other Internet users."
Alternative root email addresses are no different than alternative root domain names in that they are not dependable as a viable means of communication on the Internet. Spammers cannot reach those email addresses for the same reasons regular Internet users cannot reach the alternative root domain names. Since the email addresses in question are tied to the alternative root domain, this should be obvious.