Josef 'Jupp' Schugt <jupp@gmx.de> squawked:
> On Mon, 21 Apr 2003 19:40:17 +0930,
>    Pen^3 <Pen3@pen3.cjb.net.AQ> wrote:
> > Did you send it to "Pen3 @ pen3.cjb.net" without the spaces?  Don't
> > just hit reply to my posts, as they have ".no" at the end to stop
> > spam.
> 
> If you feel the need to use a fake TLD please do not use that of
> Norway nor that of Antarctica. The correct fake address :-) would be:
> 
> Pen3@pen3.cjb.net.INVALID
> 
> This is in accord with RFC 2606 aka BCP 32 (Best Current Practice).
> Thank you.

Yes the RFC says:
    ".invalid" is intended for use in online construction of domain
    names that are sure to be invalid and which it is obvious at a
    glance are invalid.

But the idea for misleading spam harvesters is to use something that
is not immediately obvious, at least to the machine.  I don't want the
spammers to include "s/\.?invalid//i" into their scripts and get my
email.

I could put in a completely useless email address in the From: field,
like "Pen3@Do.Not.Spam.Me.invalid".  


P^3, my correct email is always written in my signature...
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