[ietf-dkim] example.edu (was: basic question)

RL 'Bob' Morgan rlmorgan at washington.edu
Fri Jan 19 13:04:13 PST 2007


On Fri, 19 Jan 2007, Frank Ellermann wrote:

> Douglas Otis mentioned:
>
>> INFORMATIVE EXAMPLE: A recipient might have an address at
>> alumni.example.edu
>
> s/edu/org/ or s/edu/net/  RFC 2606 doesn't cover TLD edu.

True, but I believe the operator of the .edu registry has committed to 
example.edu being handled in the same way as example.org and example.com 
(ie, not ever being assigned to anything real).  So, OK to use for 
examples if desired to do so; we in .edu circles do it all the time.

  - RL "Bob"



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