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301 points todsacerdoti | 1 comments | 10 Apr 25 14:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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subculture ◴[10 Apr 25 16:26 UTC] No.43645512[source]▶
When Apple's MobileMe came out I snagged the localhost@me.com email address, thinking how clever I was. But because filtering tools weren't as good back then I was never able to use it because of the truly massive amount of spam and test emails I'd get.
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leshokunin ◴[10 Apr 25 16:51 UTC] No.43645792[source]▶
Thanks for the laugh. I wonder what test@gmail.com gets hahaha
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isleyaardvark ◴[10 Apr 25 18:57 UTC] No.43647033[source]▶
For anyone unaware, the domain 'example.com' is specifically reserved for the purpose of testing, so you don't have to worry about some rando reading emails sent to "test@gmail.com"
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watusername ◴[11 Apr 25 02:42 UTC] No.43650005[source]▶
I don't get it. What does gmail.com have to do with example.com?
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1. mbreese ◴[11 Apr 25 11:29 UTC] No.43652676[source]▶
Is a public service announcement. If you’re using test@gmail.com to actually test something, you should probably be using test@example.com. Not everyone knows that example.com exists for these purposes.

That is of course unless you really intend to send an email to someone at test@gmail.com.