Re: Mandatory From field, anonymity, and hacks

On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 14:38:43 -0400, Keith Moore 
<moore(_at_)cs(_dot_)utk(_dot_)edu> wrote:

> > > Well, I might be inclined to prefer using a fixed, guaranteed  
> > black-hole
> > > valid address if somebody wants to set one up...
> >
> > It doesn't need setting up. The TLD ".invalid" already has the required
> > property, and is registered with IANA as being guaranteed never to  
> > resolve
> > to anything.
> that doesn't do a thing to keep the root servers from getting hit.
It does if user agents that receive ill-considered requests to send mail  
to such addresses recognize that particular case and don't waste time  
looking it up.
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