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Are there email addresses ending in ".con"?


I've noticed that there are a lot of users that misspell their email addresses when registering. For example, if the email is [email protected], the user may write [email protected]. In a registering process, this may lead to the user registering wrong without him/her being aware of.

Is it a good idea to implement a function that changes .con for .com? This would be a problem if .con email addresses exist because they wouldn't be able to register. Do .con email addresses exist?


Solution

  • .con emails cannot exist (right now) because there is not a top-level domain (TLD) named .con

    If you go to the Wikipedia page or tld-list.com, you'll see that there isn't a .con

    • .computer
    • .condos
    • .construction
    • .consulting
    • .contact
    • .contractors
    • .cooking

    No .con to be found.

    You should probably popup a warning instead of automatically fixing it, though, so that clients are conscious that they made a mistake.