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What constitutes a "valid business email", exactly? I entered one, clicked "verify", and was warned to "enter a valid business email." I assure you, I did. W
by conquistadog 8y ago
What constitutes a "valid business email", exactly? I entered one, clicked "verify", and was warned to "enter a valid business email." I assure you, I did. What's the trouble?
- sessy 8y agoA valid business email is one where you should be able to receive and send mails. If you have a 'catch all' email id, the system does not accept that. Having said that i must say our algorithm is deliberately a bit aggressive (so as to prevent spam). Your email could very well be a false positive. Could you write to support@sess.email from the business email in question. I'll be happy to look into it and whitelist it.
- conquistadog 8y agoWhat technical means do you use to detect a catch-all address? I know of no reliable method for that purpose, since receiving server cooperation would be required and could not be trusted.
- massaman_yams 8y agoThis won't detect a catch-all address, but will almost always detect a catch-all domain: send email to [long random string]@domain. Does it bounce or is it accepted?
- yjftsjthsd-h 8y agoWhy would you block by that? I've worked places that intentionally did use the catch-all, mostly against misspellings.
- massaman_yams 8y agoI use catchalls for my business domains too.
- conquistadog 8y agoHow does the existence of a catch-all, of any kind, make it not a "valid business domain?"
- massaman_yams 8y agoI'm not commenting on whether it's a good heuristic or not. Just a possible approach.