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I just checked and Google rejects an e-mail after the RCPT TO: stage if the recipient address doesn't exist so they would not receive the message content.
by jlgaddis 13y ago
I just checked and Google rejects an e-mail after the RCPT TO: stage if the recipient address doesn't exist so they would not receive the message content.
$ telnet gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com 25
Trying 74.125.142.26...
Connected to gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 mx.google.com ESMTP nh2si25383829icc.26 - gsmtp
EHLO myhostname.mydomain.com
250-mx.google.com at your service, [my.ip.was.here]
250-SIZE 35882577
250-8BITMIME
250-STARTTLS
250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
250 CHUNKING
MAIL FROM: <myusername@gmail.com>
250 2.1.0 OK nh2si25383829icc.26 - gsmtp
RCPT TO: <non-existant-address@gmail.com>
550-5.1.1 The email account that you tried to reach does not exist. Please try
550-5.1.1 double-checking the recipient's email address for typos or
550-5.1.1 unnecessary spaces. Learn more at
550 5.1.1 http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?answer=6596 nh2si25383829icc.26 - gsmtp