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Email Address Suffix

  • 12-10-2012 04:00AM
    #1
    DaGaffer123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15 ✭


    Will an email sent to the email address "joebloggs@email.com" be delivered to the email address "joebloggs@email.com.au" , same address just ending with .com.au ?
    Thanks.
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Comments

  • #2
    Feelgood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,191 ✭✭✭Feelgood


    No the email will get sent to the exact address you specify and only that address.


    Joebloggs@email.com is a completely separate address to joebloggs@email.com.au


  • #3
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    The computer actually reads the "email.com.au" backwards.

    Kinda like a letter with
    Joe B
    Some street
    Tralee
    Ireland

    It start by narrowing it down to Ireland, then Tralee, then street and lastly name.


  • #4
    Gone Drinking
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,814 ✭✭✭Gone Drinking


    Bikos hit the nail on the head with a really easy explanation of a very complex process :pac:


  • #5
    Defiler Of The Coffin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭Defiler Of The Coffin


    I do believe that some systems will allow variation on the username eg. johnsmith@provider.com will work the same as john.smith@provider.com but it's entirely dependent on the provider. A different domain will not work unless the provider owns the different addresses and has them integrated eg. johnsmith@gmail.com is equivalent to johnsmith@googlemail.com.

    Short answer - depends entirely on who your email provider is.


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