E-mail Account Verification

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#1

Thanks for this information.

       I thought .us was similar to .gov :wink:

#2

Hi :slight_smile:
Some of this is probably obvious but some of it might not be. Each country
(except the US) has a different code at the end of addresses, so you get;

In the Uk ...
www.wonderfulwebsite.org.uk = charitable
www.wonderfulwebsite.co.uk = business that aims to make money
www.wonderfulwebsite.gov.uk = government, local councils, etc

In Russia ...
www.wonderfulwebsite.org.ru
www.wonderfulwebsite.co.ru
www.wonderfulwebsite.gov.ru
(except they use different codes instead of .org, .gov and .co and probably
the whole of it using a different alphabet too).

Really vast charities or businesses also use the ...

www.wonderfulwebsite.org
www.wonderfulwebsite.com

Of course anyone can buy whatever type of ending they like and use it
anywhere. There is not much restriction on it - so a small charity might
buy a ".co.uk" address instead of ".org.uk" in order to "look more
professional" and businesses might buy a ".org" or ".org.uk" in order to
look like they are doing good in the world. Many organisations try to
buy-up all the ones so that people only have to remember the
"wonderfulwebsite" bit

Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#3

Hello Tom,

Some of this is probably obvious but some of it might not be. Each
country (except the US) has a different code at the end of addresses,
so you get;

Each country, *including* the US has a different code, but the .us
ending for USA is rarely used.

#4

Hi :slight_smile:
Ahh, that is interesting. I thought it didn't exist and that was one of
the little alarm bells for some people.
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#5

Back when DNS started, the register would not provide any of the three
letter TLD, unless the applicant already at least two 2-letter TLDs.
(A requirement that was usually honoured in the breach thereof.)

One couldn't obtain example.us, but rather example.atlanta.ga.us.

Personally, I thought that symphony.atlanta.ga.us would be both easier
to remember, and less confusing than the monstrosity that they are using
is. (AtlantaSymphony.org)

For those who have ever had to locate the website of a religious
organization in the united states, that example.city.state.us would be
far more sane than the contortions that religious bodies utilize.

But then, when there are forty churches named "First Baptist Church"
within a twenty mile radius of the "First Baptist Church" that one is
looking for, perhaps people don't mind the contortions that are required.
Personally, I'd rather see
FirstBaptistChurch.Decatur.GA.US
FirstBaptistChurch.Atlanta.GA.US
FirstBaptistChurch.PeachtreeCity.GA.US
FirstBaptistChurch.Roswell.GA.US
FirstBaptistChurch.StoneMountain.GA.US
etc.
than the current mess, that I'm not even going to bother looking up.

Regretabbly, today, obtaining example.city.state.us is non-trivial, but
obtaining example.us is fairly straightforward.

jonathon