Authoring
Some general web authoring info.
• Dummy Domain Names and Email Addresses
After receiving a polite email pointing out that I used the sender's email
address within a code example, I wondered what addresses are freely available
for use without the risk of landing more spam into someone's inbox.
It turns out that there are a set of domain names exactly for this sort of
thing. The RFC 2606
document specifies that, amoungst others, example.com can be used within
documentation where a dummy domain name is required.
It follows that when a dummy email address is required you can use something@example.com,
where what goes in the place of something is unrestricted.
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