.invalid
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| Introduced | 1999 |
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| TLD type | Reserved top-level domain |
| Status | Reserved to prevent actual use |
| Registry | IANA |
| Sponsor | None |
| Intended use | When it's necessary to show an address guaranteed to be invalid, and visible as such at a glance |
| Actual use | Popular to put at the end of intentionally-bad e-mail addresses used in newsgroup postings to avoid spam |
| Registration restrictions | No registrations are possible, as this domain is not in the root |
| Structure | Users can use it in any desired structure; it doesn't really exist |
| Documents | RFC 2606 |
| Dispute policies | None |
| Website | None |
.invalid is a reserved top-level domain not intended for practical use in the global Domain Name System (DNS). It was defined in June 1999 by RFC 2606, together with .test, .localhost, and .example.
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