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[rsdio at audiobanshee.com]

On Aug 29, 2016, at 3:57 PM, Gordonjcp <gordonjcp at gjcp.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 05:30:46PM -0700, rsdio at audiobanshee.com wrote:
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>> I also don't trust that Yahoo won't be hacked for the purposes of harvesting their vast lists of email addresses.
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> Nobody gives a shit about "lists of email addresses", nor have they for a decade or so.  Why bother when you can just throw dictionaries at the problem?

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Because dictionaries don't list email addresses, they list words. Not all email addresses are words.

Besides, you're talking about unconfirmed email addresses. Sure, anybody can generate a bunch of unconfirmed email addresses, send messages to them all, and make a note of which ones bounce. But that's no good because mail server software is smarter than that now.

There is far more value in a list of active, confirmed email addresses, as opposed to just making up random email addresses from a dictionary. Harvesting from an active site is worth money.


… but it seems that the point is moot, because I get the impression that the majority are in favor of retaining MailMan and not using Google or Yahoo.

Brian