Beware of vrfyon some mailers!
$ telnet/port=25 arizvm1.ccit.arizona.edu
Trying... Connected to ARIZVM1.CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU, an IBM 3090-300E running VM/XA.
220 ARIZVM1.ccit.arizona.edu running IBM VM SMTP V2R2 on Sun, 09 Oct 94 13:50:11 MST
250 <foo@ARIZVM1.ccit.arizona.edu> via MAILER@ARIZVM1
250 <blatz@ARIZVM1.ccit.arizona.edu> via MAILER@ARIZVM1
vrfy thiscouldnotbearealusername
250 <thiscouldnotbearealusername@ARIZVM1.ccit.arizona.edu> via MAILER@ARIZVM1
250 <taryn@ARIZVM1.ccit.arizona.edu> via MAILER@ARIZVM1
221 ARIZVM1.ccit.arizona.edu running IBM VM SMTP V2R2 closing connection
Connection closed by Foreign Host