> So why make them verify? To prove they control that email address, to ensure they didn't put it in wrong, and to protect poor bastards like myself with commo

> So why make them verify? To prove they control that email address, to ensure they didn't put it in wrong, and to protect poor bastards like myself with common email addresses from getting SPAMMED with mail for idiots who don't know their own email address. ---- Seriously, as someone with a VeryCommonName@gmail.com -- I nearly everyday get dozens of emails from services that do not verify addresses. AT&T, Boost, Netflix, and many more. At will I can reset these peoples passwords, delete accounts, upgrade/downgrade services, and do much more. There are too many for me to constantly deal with them, and the root cause is this idiotic authors recommendation. What we need is the exact opposite, we need EVERYONE doing verification of email ownership before sending mail to that account -- else it is borderline spam and harassment. I am in AWE of how spectacularly the author missed the point.