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Introduced | Not officially introduced; proposed in 2004 |
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TLD type | Proposed top-level domain |
Status | Cancelled |
Registry | None yet established |
Actual use | ICANN rejected due to naming conflicts |
Documents | ICANN Board Resolution on .CORP, .HOME and .MAIL |
.mail is a generic top-level domain originally proposed by The Spamhaus Project in 2004, but rejected by ICANN.[1] Its purpose was to enable responsible message recipients to reliably and efficiently identify and accept spam-free mailstreams. The ICANN Board issued a resolution on February 4, 2018 to cease the processing of all applications for the .corp, .home, and .mail gTLDs.
Proposed core functionality[]
.mail was an attempt to reduce the spam problem by maintaining a list of domains authenticated as both not belonging to known spammers, and providing verified contact information. The sTLD would contain the actual hostnames of servers used to send mail. A .mail domain would only be able to be registered by a party that already owns a domain in another TLD which has been in operation for at least six months, and whose WHOIS information has been verified for accuracy. The domain was intended to be a publicly curated resources that could be updated as needed by the Internet.
Technical concerns[]
Investigation into the conflicts regarding gTLDs that are in use in internal networks was conducted at ICANN's request by . The resulting report was to become known as the Name Collision[2] issue, which was first reported at ICANN 47.[3] This decision affected the proposed .corp, .home, and .mail gTLDs.
See also[]
- Top Level Domain
- Generic top-level domain
- .corp rejected gTLD
- .home rejected gTLD
References[]
- ^ "Addressing the New gTLD Program Applications for .CORP, .HOME, and .MAIL". icann.org. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "Name Collision". ICANN Wiki. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "ICANN 47". ICANN Wiki. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
External links[]
- Proposed top-level domains
- Rejected proposed top-level domains