The Foo at bar.com

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&#x27;t make sure they are really fake.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Example.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Example.com</a>

Reminds me of the guy who owns DoNotReply.com:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;voices.washingtonpost.com&#x2F;securityfix&#x2F;2008&#x2F;03&#x2F;they_told_you_not_to_reply.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;voices.washingtonpost.com&#x2F;securityfix&#x2F;2008&#x2F;03&#x2F;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&#x27;m glad to know I wasn&#x27;t the only one who accidentally emailed him&#x2F;her.<p>As others have pointed out, username@example.com is a better choice for documentation and examples.

Currently overloaded. Mirror: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20150623195101&#x2F;http:&#x2F;&#x2F;bar.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20150623195101&#x2F;http:&#x2F;&#x2F;bar.com&#x2F;</a>

I hope you are a millionaire already, because you are sitting on some with that domain name. Kudos to you for keeping it this long.

Since I own bar.io and foo@bar.io is a valid email address, I also receive some interesting emails from time to time.

Also see asdf@asdf.com: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;asdf.com&#x2F;asdfemail.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;asdf.com&#x2F;asdfemail.html</a> I&#x27;ve gone to asdf.com for about 15 years now, and it hasn&#x27;t changed it all. It&#x27;s also <i>always</i> up, so it&#x27;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&#x27;t have an MX and doesn&#x27;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:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Example.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Example.com</a><p>[2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk&#x2F;telecoms&#x2F;numbering&#x2F;guidance-tele-no&#x2F;numbers-for-drama" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk&#x2F;telecoms&#x2F;numbering&#x2F;guidance...</a>

Relevant: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;acme.com&#x2F;mail_filtering&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;acme.com&#x2F;mail_filtering&#x2F;</a>

<i>lots of folks</i><p>I wonder if these were the general population of users seen today, since AFAIK foo&#x2F;bar are not in the vocabulary of most people as metasyntactic variables; I hear &quot;blah&quot; more commonly used for this purpose.

Sitting on gold with that domain name.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.metricsbot.com&#x2F;www&#x2F;bar.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.metricsbot.com&#x2F;www&#x2F;bar.com</a>

Anything @test.com would have gotten sample stuff from at least one dev as well, so sorry about that!

Well, I guess I should apologize to the folks at bob.com. It&#x27;s example.com for me from now on.

I love the MX 127.0.0.1 trick. I&#x27;m curious if that works as well as I think it does.

I feel kind shamefully guilty now. I&#x27;m sorry.

I think their database-foo is somewhat lacking...

<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.something.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.something.com&#x2F;</a>

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