From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 6 06:13:54 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6814E106568B for ; Tue, 6 Oct 2009 06:13:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (gate6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E22008FC12 for ; Tue, 6 Oct 2009 06:13:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n966Dbh8079411; Tue, 6 Oct 2009 07:13:46 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.3 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk n966Dbh8079411 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=200708; t=1254809627; bh=Q/mXIqRt/LECYhMLXHXJ5xK2mAp/8G45a2b/PXFSa4U=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Cc:Content-Type:Date:From:In-Reply-To: Message-ID:Mime-Version:References:To; z=Message-ID:=20<4ACAE00A.9090502@infracaninophile.co.uk>|Date:=20T ue,=2006=20Oct=202009=2007:13:30=20+0100|From:=20Matthew=20Seaman= 20|Organization:=20Infracaninophi le|User-Agent:=20Thunderbird=202.0.0.23=20(X11/20090823)|MIME-Vers ion:=201.0|To:=20Gary=20Kline=20|CC:=20Bill=20M oran=20,=20=0D=0A=20FreeBSD=20Mailing=20 List=20|Subject:=20Re:=20way=20to=2 0check=20an=20email=20without=20sending=20it??|References:=20<2009 1005173717.GA44563@thought.org>=09<20091005135924.be749247.wmoran@ potentialtech.com>=20<20091005195036.GC44739@thought.org>|In-Reply -To:=20<20091005195036.GC44739@thought.org>|X-Enigmail-Version:=20 0.95.6|Content-Type:=20multipart/signed=3B=20micalg=3Dpgp-sha256=3 B=0D=0A=20protocol=3D"application/pgp-signature"=3B=0D=0A=20bounda ry=3D"------------enigE031F6904B2763D81866A91B"; b=ypqIIAGMCVLGOygLlKQ71WmxshFdOKUErGv3TCvHXP7/mVnxBRa0Gx0kVRK7DQwHx hTfHk/xmGpl6hre84bevQ0eTzPTKQqqRqhOVxPfMWWe1lrYngXjSRz1Wt4/qm8mnwp /BEPY81pzVDVKz1wZ/XaxlLgmxLPQJaz2nVgGDtg= X-Authentication-Warning: happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk: Host localhost [IPv6:::1] claimed to be happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Message-ID: <4ACAE00A.9090502@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:13:30 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20090823) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gary Kline References: <20091005173717.GA44563@thought.org> <20091005135924.be749247.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20091005195036.GC44739@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20091005195036.GC44739@thought.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigE031F6904B2763D81866A91B" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.95.2 at happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VERIFIED,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: Bill Moran , FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: way to check an email without sending it?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:13:54 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigE031F6904B2763D81866A91B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Gary Kline wrote: > write and say HI, Howzit hanging... or whatever. Anyway, the sendmail= -bv ploy > indicates that this person is still at the address i have. no big dea= l; i was just > wondering. Uh -- sendmail -bv doesn't do what you think it does. It only shows you = what your local sendmail would do with the message as it tries to deliver it. If i= t's not for a local user, then all it says is 'send it to the SMTP server respons= ible' and nothing at all about what the other machine would do with it.=20 The only way to find that out is by connecting to the remote sendmail, ei= ther by telnet or by actually sending an e-mail. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enigE031F6904B2763D81866A91B Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.13 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEAREIAAYFAkrK4BEACgkQ8Mjk52CukIzT/QCfdFNYjUTBfhM3SIYXbO+dGKZt 3QcAoIU1J5wX50t1zrUYkGIikOf5xfcC =01/z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigE031F6904B2763D81866A91B--