>>>>>>>>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.
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>>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.
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>>>Anyway for me it's paranoia. There are ways to get much more info about a person w/o asking him a single thing.
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>>But it's the things we hear about in this day and age that make us paranoid.
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>>Kev
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>Kevin,
>One last thing about activity :) I (actually I don't mean myself but a good level hacker) could find out your email address and password if I only knew your host and track if you're using it or not, or even the content of your emails.
>I wouldn't believe this if someone didn't showcase how to crack out user names and one way algorithm unix passwords ! And I saw it happen years ago with a tiny program on a unix terminal. It's a matter of security and hopefully nowadays security might not let it happen.
>Cetin

Hacking a User Account is not that difficult. Also, the need to confirmation of the active address it not that needed as well. It only takes a couple of more milliseconds to send spam to a questionable address.