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minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoIt’s still a stupid solution with all sorts of ‘code smells’ and bad design, but the least they could do in a case like that is use @example.com.
minus-square/home/pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoIs example.com the only reserved dead domain by icann? Just curious Edit: seems like so. Though there are some reserved TLDs as well https://www.iana.org/domains/reserved
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoOooh, looking at RFC2606 (mentioned by your link), the .invalid TLD seems like an appropriate choice here. (Changing “deleted” users’ emails to an invalid TLD still isn’t the right solution, though.)
minus-squareJakeroxs@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoUntil 20 years down the line .invalid becomes a valid TLD and all hell breaks loose lmao
minus-square/home/pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoBetter than an un-reserved domain name or tld
It’s still a stupid solution with all sorts of ‘code smells’ and bad design, but the least they could do in a case like that is use
@example.com.Is example.com the only reserved dead domain by icann? Just curious
Edit: seems like so. Though there are some reserved TLDs as well
https://www.iana.org/domains/reserved
Oooh, looking at RFC2606 (mentioned by your link), the
.invalidTLD seems like an appropriate choice here.(Changing “deleted” users’ emails to an invalid TLD still isn’t the right solution, though.)
Until 20 years down the line .invalid becomes a valid TLD and all hell breaks loose lmao
Better than an un-reserved domain name or tld