| Completely asinine It's only been a day since Verisign has done this and already I'm seeing implications from it...One of the things being email sent to an incorrect address. For instance, I tried sending mail to an obviously fake domain and have yet to get a bounceback. It could be assumed that this is because their server has been completely flooded by worldwide domain misspellings and general abuse from pissed off people like me.
This is a major, major problem. This means that MX servers all over the world no longer can tell you if the domain is invalid because they are getting a valid MX record returned. That mail is then sent to Verisign where they do god-knows-what with it. At best we must rely on THEM to tell us the domain does not exist.
This unilateral action by them is insane...I really am speechless. |
