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That is so true... Most developers who get an account with Mailgun (http://mailgun.net http://mailgun.net) get so excited about the live email log or for some o

That is so true... Most developers who get an account with Mailgun (http://mailgun.net http://mailgun.net) get so excited about the live email log or for some other reason... they love to fire up emails to @test.com. We have thousands of emails in our queue destined for test.com at any given moment. Guys, please stop: what makes you think test.com can't be a real destination? :-) Actually, they don't have a mail server for that domain, but still...

robterrell 15y ago
Ironically, I just came across some potentially real email addresses in the Mailgun docs and sample code, i.e.: http://cl.ly/1L1C0O2A081x000t382z http://cl.ly/1L1C0O2A081x000t382z You might want to edit those.
- old-gregg 15y ago
  We own profista.com and use it for testing ourselves. Using it in the docs helps us see how many people are trying out the samples. I wish all our users would read the docs as carefully as you do! :)
  - gsiener 15y ago
    Would love to read a post about how you measure sample engagement through this and other cleverness!
troethom 15y ago
You should probably set the example by avoid using "@farfaraway.uk" in your blog posts. It's invalid right now, but that could change too... ;-)
pyre 15y ago
Some should setup a MX on test.com and: * post a public webpage with all email going to @test.com * post a public webpage with all email addresses harvested from emails to @test.com Or * setup an auto responder asking people to stop sending there (bonus points: threaten to post emails of repeat offenders to spammer lists)
- sneak 15y ago
  Whenever you think the solution is to "setup an auto responder".... don't.
- robin_reala 15y ago
  See also donotreply.com: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/03/they_told_you_not_to_reply.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/03/they_told...
stickfigure 15y ago
I agree, test.com is an awful domain to use. Whenever I fire up email testing tools, I use president@whitehouse.gov.
- logn 15y ago
  do you notice a lot of vans in your parking lot?
Sukotto 15y ago
Acme Labs has much the same problem. Jef's (2005) article about handling his mail is still a good read (though a bit dated now) http://acme.com/mail_filtering/ http://acme.com/mail_filtering/

robterrell 15y ago

Ironically, I just came across some potentially real email addresses in the Mailgun docs and sample code, i.e.: http://cl.ly/1L1C0O2A081x000t382z http://cl.ly/1L1C0O2A081x000t382z You might want to edit those.

old-gregg 15y ago
We own profista.com and use it for testing ourselves. Using it in the docs helps us see how many people are trying out the samples. I wish all our users would read the docs as carefully as you do! :)
- gsiener 15y ago
  Would love to read a post about how you measure sample engagement through this and other cleverness!

troethom 15y ago

You should probably set the example by avoid using "@farfaraway.uk" in your blog posts. It's invalid right now, but that could change too... ;-)

pyre 15y ago

Some should setup a MX on test.com and: * post a public webpage with all email going to @test.com * post a public webpage with all email addresses harvested from emails to @test.com Or * setup an auto responder asking people to stop sending there (bonus points: threaten to post emails of repeat offenders to spammer lists)

sneak 15y ago
Whenever you think the solution is to "setup an auto responder".... don't.
robin_reala 15y ago
See also donotreply.com: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/03/they_told_you_not_to_reply.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/03/they_told...

stickfigure 15y ago

I agree, test.com is an awful domain to use. Whenever I fire up email testing tools, I use president@whitehouse.gov.

logn 15y ago
do you notice a lot of vans in your parking lot?

Sukotto 15y ago

Acme Labs has much the same problem. Jef's (2005) article about handling his mail is still a good read (though a bit dated now) http://acme.com/mail_filtering/ http://acme.com/mail_filtering/