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> > Unfortunately, people are using localhost.com, which is really
> > annoying the domain owner of localhost.com.
> 
> IMHO, anyone dumb enough to register and use localhost.com /deserves/ any
> problems that come along with it.

I know domain.com was registered by internic as "the sample domain", and is
frequently used as a return path by spammers:

| Example Domain (DOMAIN-DOM)
|    For use by vendors and authors in default
|    configurations, examples, et cetera.
|    This is not the spam-host you're looking for.
|    Move along.
| 
|    Domain Name: DOMAIN.COM
| 
|    Administrative Contact, Technical Contact, Zone Contact, Billing Contact:
|       Example Domain  (DOMAIN-NFO)  user@HOST.DOMAIN.COM
|       +1 510 540 8000 (FAX) +1 510 548 1891
| 
|    Record last updated on 28-Apr-97.
|    Record created on 01-Jul-94.
|    Database last updated on 2-May-97 06:27:32 EDT.
| 
|    Domain servers in listed order:
| 
|    NS.DOMAIN.COM		157.22.1.6
|    NS2.DOMAIN.COM		157.22.1.9
| 
| 
| The InterNIC Registration Services Host contains ONLY Internet Information
| (Networks, ASN's, Domains, and POC's).
| Please use the whois server at nic.ddn.mil for MILNET Information.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
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