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		octo_t on Dec 5, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Have I been pwned? Check if your email has been co... regrettably this is against RFC 2142[1], which states that you need to leave certain mailboxes open (such as abuse@domain, webmaster@domain etc) [1] - http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2142.txt

cleaver on Dec 5, 2013 [–]

Quite ironic, isn't it, how "abuse@example.com" is a conduit for abuse?

Spammers effectively killed that RFC.

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