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Re: Use example.com/org when giving example hostnames, please!



But mpaa.org and riaa.org are full of dummies... :)

On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 12:00 PM, baloo <baloo@ursamundi.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 8:30 AM, Curt Howland <Howland@priss.com> wrote:
>> It was written:
>>> Just a heads up, EXAMPLE.COM and EXAMPLE.ORG are reserved as dummy names
>>> for giving example hostnames.  This avoids linking to other sites that do
>>> exist (domain.com) or are not work safe (xxx.com) unintentionally.
>>
>> I often use MPAA.org or RIAA.org so that the spammers have something
>> nice and juicy to chew on.
>
> Hah, choice!  I recommended example.com and example.org because
> they're actually the IANA-designated dummy names.
>
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