A quick note for anyone writing documentation, or filling in default values in the configuration file for an application.
The domains example.com , example.net and example.org are reserved for use in documentation. Thus, if you use bob@example.com in your default configuration file, you can be guaranteed that the address will never exist, and thus there will never be a "Bob" who is annoyed at your stupid choice of example domain names.
Addendum: The authority for this comes from RFC 2606, which also reserves the following top-level domains for the various, obvious uses: .test , .example , .invalid and .localhost .
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