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Need input on an idea I have.?

I am doing some research on mail ID's. Here is my idea. Say you sent an e-mail to a friend but the mail deamon keeps sending you notices that it can not send the email. Now, if that person does have a new e-mail my idea would be that the mail deamon would list the persons new e-mail address. What do you think??

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  • ME*UK
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Means that a huge database (wonderful for hackers and spammers!!!) would have to be created and maintained and users would have to register or fill out COA forms...

    no can't see it working myself...people like their privacy and too many different networks and mail domains to make it viable or workable.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Not a good idea if someone changes their email for a reason. The deamon would give out the new email to everyone, similar to have a telephone number changed.

    Maybe the deamon can forward emails to the new person's address.

  • 1 decade ago

    this would probably bring up a privacy issue. people switch their emails for the very reason that they may not want certain individuals to be able to contact them any longer. if the mail deamon idea you are discussing would alert anyone of the new address that would defeat the purpose.

  • 1 decade ago

    Well if that person doesnt want you or someone to get their email addy b/c of spam and so they block you or that person i wouldnt want soemone to have my email addy adn keep mailing me so on top of that i just put the emails that people sent on spam that i dont want and i made myself a new email addy and this time other people that do get bad stuff, now should be more careful about how they give out their emails including me. Thats why i made a new one.

  • 1 decade ago

    Good idea. But one can have google email account and yahoo email account. The deamon can not include these two emails.

  • 1 decade ago

    Not smart. If I were a spammer and this was implemented, I'd dig up every e-mail address I ever had and send one last bomb. Then capture all of the new e-mail addresses which I can then (technically) legally spam.

  • 1 decade ago

    That idea invades privacy, maybe your kept sending me spam so I closed my account and got a new one, I don't want you knowing my new account so you can send me more spam... not a great idea, I feel that email security and integrity is something to look into, but you would have to think of something different then this.

  • cambi
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

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  • 1 decade ago

    Good idea, like the phone company does when u changed numbers. That is if the receipt wants it left.

  • 1 decade ago

    bad idea, SPAM springs to mind and also the person may have changed so not to be contacted by certain people

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