Re: domain names, was: hostname
On Mon 19 Feb 2018 at 17:27:38 +0000, Brad Rogers wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Feb 2018 12:28:03 +0000
> Jeremy Nicoll <jn.ml.dbn.25@letterboxes.org> wrote:
>
> Hello Jeremy,
>
> >What, on a home LAN, is that used for?
>
> Domain name may be used by your MUA for generating Message IDs(1)
> amongst other things. It doesn't really matter what you select, but I'd
> avoid using something real world - google, facebook, microsoft, etc,
> for example.
>
> (1) Hostname would be used, too.
Avoiding using any of the examples you give is also recommended because
you do not own the domain name google.com and have no right to use it.
Note that with an MUA like mutt you can generate whatever Message ID
you want.
--
Brian.
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