>I also had several apparently bogus subscription requests. I screen our list,
>since it is aimed at professional journalists, and frequently receive
>inquiries from email addresses that don't appear to exist when I message
>them for more information. what's the point of attempting a subscription if
>there's nobody at the address?
 
To make your life miserable?!  to make the receiving site's
system administrator's life miserable; to make the users at the
receiving site's life miserable; to make your/there ISP's life
miserable.
 
Related: E-mail is not symmetrical.  E-mail is not consistent.
E-mail is not totally reliable.  E-mail is not timely.  Any
procedure that depends upon total E-mail 100% consistency is
doomed to failure.  E-mail is dependent upon humans and human
frailties.
 
The net is constantly changing.  Those changes aren't always good
or well-done.
 
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