>>>>>>I don't aggree with you. May be he want to validate this mail address if it correct?
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>>>>>Does he really need to reply for validation ?
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>>>>Well, yes, if they've sent him an email and they get a response, they will know the e-mail is valid.
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>>>>Kev
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>>>Hmm doesn't servers validate it before a reply does ?
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>>That validates that it's a working address, but an actively-used one requires a response, there are loads of registered e-mail addresses that aren't being used out there.
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>>Kev
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>Not exactly true. What if I were on a vacation, would that invalidate my address. Active usage is somewhat relative.

Yes but that doesn't really matter, an active address is an active address, if you send an e-mail to someone and get a response 3-months later, then someone is using it, regardless of how often.

>Anyway for me it's paranoia. There are ways to get much more info about a person w/o asking him a single thing.

But it's the things we hear about in this day and age that make us paranoid.

Kev