Email Id Verification

[Ian Kelly]

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 2:25 AM, Peter Pearson <ppearson at nowhere.invalid> wrote:
>> Amusingly, every time I log into Discovercard's web site, I
>> get a red-letter warning that my registered email address is
>> invalid.  Inquiring, I was told that the presence of the
>> substring "spam" anywhere in the address (including
>> "@spamcop.net") makes the address invalid in Discovercard's
>> opinion.
>
> I had no idea it was so easy to prevent spam from getting through. I
> am in awe, Discovercard!

I would think that it is not an anti-spam measure, but simply due to
the fact that most addresses containing "spam" tend to be something
like "nospam at invalid.net", being either a fake address or a junk inbox
that is only checked when an important mail is expected.