Remember there are special domain names you can use to enter fake email addresses like example.com[1]<p>I also entered addresses I thought were fake. But there are so many registered domain names you can't make sure they are really fake.<p>[1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Example.com" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Example.com</a>
Reminds me of the guy who owns DoNotReply.com:<p><a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/03/they_told_you_not_to_reply.html" rel="nofollow">http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/03/they_to...</a>
When I was a comp sci student in the 90s, I was testing some code where I used foo@bar.com as a placeholder. Amusingly, I got a reply from The Foo, and now I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one who accidentally emailed him/her.<p>As others have pointed out, username@example.com is a better choice for documentation and examples.
Also see asdf@asdf.com: <a href="http://asdf.com/asdfemail.html" rel="nofollow">http://asdf.com/asdfemail.html</a> I've gone to asdf.com for about 15 years now, and it hasn't changed it all. It's also <i>always</i> up, so it's handy to go to to test and see if I have Internet. I love that site.
I too am guilty of this and I would like to apologize if any of my old mistakes have ever caused you any additional work.<p>I have since seen the light and switched over to example.com which doesn't have an MX and doesn't listen on port 25, so no harm can be done to it.
I typically use `foo@example.com` [1] and `07700 900000` for mobile [2]<p>[1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Example.com" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Example.com</a><p>[2] <a href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/telecoms/numbering/guidance-tele-no/numbers-for-drama" rel="nofollow">http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/telecoms/numbering/guidance...</a>
<i>lots of folks</i><p>I wonder if these were the general population of users seen today, since AFAIK foo/bar are not in the vocabulary of most people as metasyntactic variables; I hear "blah" more commonly used for this purpose.
Sitting on gold with that domain name.<p><a href="https://www.metricsbot.com/www/bar.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.metricsbot.com/www/bar.com</a>