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Isa_brown
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Hi afternoon, I am sure I saw previously "few weeks ago" a post asking about the difference between a e/mail address ending in either .com or .net.
I would be grateful if anyone can remember the post! Or can explain what the difference is please. I know of one ISP which has either a .com or .net after persons e/mail address.
So my actual question is, if I send an e/m to .com instead of .net at end of correct ISP address would it still stand a fair chance of reaching the receipient please?
Plus why do some ISP's have a .com or .net
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biggrizz
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I am not absolutely sure about .com and .net but i know that i put my email address to a web page as .com instead of .co.uk and never received any emails until i changed it.
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bananasfalklands
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.com commercial
.net network providers example aka demon
.co.uk local registry of firms
there is also uk.com - i get that mixed up so it might be com.uk so local commercail businesses.
some /or no restrictions on registering them - provided you dont go annoy a firm then your off to the wipo.
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TheFatControlleR
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.com & .Net (or .Co.UK, .TV, etc.) is similar to Street, Road, Avenue, etc. in terms of an address. So if you send to .Com and it should be .Net it could do one of three things;
1: It goes to another domain registered with the .Com
2: It goes to the same domain as .Net (only if the owner has purchased & combined all the variants).
3: It bounces back (if there is no domain of that name).
There are subtle differences in the use of the .Com variants, most of which seem to have gone by the wayside. I'm sure if someone knows the real ins & outs they'll enlighten us accordingly. 
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putasolutions
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No the domain is very important.
Although we see .com, .co.uk etc, computers don't, as they work simply on binary, 1's and 0's and see other computers using an IP address
eg
192.168.45.46,
but the computer converts this further to binary so that particular IP address would be
1100000.10101000.00100101.00100110
Humans aren't particularly good at reading vast numbers at any given go, hence the shortness of the telephone number etc. To make it easier for humans, the domain naming system was introduced
The Ip address is stored on a MASSIVE database or DNS, read this howstuffworks article for a superb explanation about how it all works
Please post your query to the boards, so that others can learn
Remember there is no such thing as a simple question, just a question you don't know the answer to, though they are the easiest to answer
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Isa_brown
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Thank you for all the explanations and info; I have a 2nd ISP and the address ends in .com, a friend has same server their address ends in .net I can send an e/mail to either .com etc; and the friend can still receive my e/mail! Just wondered how this was possible or if it is just a lucky fluke.
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gollum
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They have bought the .com and .net version of the domain name, and probably have a server attatched to each one in order to share the load. Or maybe both names resolve to the same server.
As far as i know, there is no com.uk.. just co.uk, ltd.uk and plc.uk (the latter for ltd companies and plcs in the uk.. naturally )
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