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Old 17 Feb 2018, 02:21 AM   #18
JamesHenderson
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Originally Posted by FredOnline View Post
I had never heard of mailtester before.

At first glance, looks very interesting, but then I'm thinking what is the owner of the website getting out of this?

Then I had a look at their privacy policy, which looks like it's been copied and pasted from another website.

It may mean nothing, but I would be interested to hear others thoughts on this.
He's an individual (Brecht Sanders). In the FAQ, he wrote this:
A lot of people come to me asking if a certain e-mail address is having problems or why a certain e-mail address doesn't work. Usually the answer is in the bounce-mail, but often it is in such technical terms most people don't know what it means.
There are some routine tests I usually do to find out more about an e-mail address.
I decided to automate these tests, and make them available for everybody on this site.
I don't think this is anything more than someone kindly sharing a script they wrote,.

[edited for typos]
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