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Thank you Zac- I totally believe you- but could you show me proof?
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<a href="http://www.iana.org/domains/reserved" rel="ugc">http://www.iana.org/domains/reserved</a>
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Hi Zac,<br />
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I don't think a test like that is sufficient since most likely there's nobody on the planet that would use example.com anyway... &nbsp;I just need to know if it's possible.<br />
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And thanks everyone for your input here. &nbsp;the link to iana is convincing, but it's talking about domains in the context of a web browser... Not email addresses. &nbsp;If I knew more about the servers routing emails, I'd probably know that email addresses also cannot have that domain for equivalent reasons - but is there anything anyone can show me that pertains specifically to email addresses?<br />
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Many thanks and sorry for being annoying.<br />
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Mike
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Thanks again very much to everyone!
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Hi Experts,<br />
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Is it possible that an email address going to anything@example.com is valid? &nbsp;I know you can't buy an MX record for example.com, but just to be sure...<br />
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Thanks!<br />
Mike
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Hi Experts,

Is it possible that an email address going to anything@example.com is valid?  I know you can't buy an MX record for example.com, but just to be sure...

Thanks!
Mike

email@example.com question

Interactions between email servers and clients are governed by email protocols. The three most common email protocols are POP, IMAP and MAPI. Most email software operates under one of these (and many products support more than one).  The correct protocol must be selected, and correctly configured, if you want your email account to work.

Email Protocols

Within Internet message handling services (MHS), a message transfer agent or mail transfer agent (MTA) or mail relay is software that transfers electronic mail messages from one computer to another using a client–server application architecture. A MTA implements both the client (sending) and server (receiving) portions of the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). The terms mail server, mail exchanger, and MX host may also refer to a computer performing the MTA function. The Domain Name System (DNS) associates a mail server to a domain with mail exchanger (MX) resource records containing the domain name of a host providing MTA services.

Email Servers

An email client, email reader or more formally mail user agent (MUA) is a computer program used to access and manage a user's email. A web application that provides message management, composition, and reception functions is sometimes also considered an email client, but more commonly referred to as webmail.