Re: get domain component from email

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On 8/7/07, Richard Lynch <ceo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, August 7, 2007 1:25 pm, Kevin Waterson wrote:
> > Im looking for a way to get the domain from an email address.
> > Not sub domains, just the domain, so
> > luser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > would return
> > example.com.mn
> >
> > similarly, the address luser@xxxxxxxxxxx would return
> > example.com
> >
> > perhaps an array of tld's, then strip the tld off the end and anything
> > before that and the next "." is the domain?
> >
> > also, somebody told me .co.uk was a tld, but I cannot see it listed
> > http://www.iana.org/root-whois/index.html
>
> I think you're in trouble...
>
> The "rules" for what is or isn't a TLD have changed over time.
>
> I did see a nice article the other day in the RFCs about some
> pragmatic ways to do this "right" without killing yourself, or coding
> something that's bound to break within a very short time.  Don't know
> the RFC# offhand though, but I got the feeling that it was pretty
> recent...
>
> The LAST thing you want to do is hard-code the list of known TLDs from
> today, because that will change too often.
>
> .co.uk is a TLD, afaik...
>
> --
> Some people have a "gift" link here.
> Know what I want?
> I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist.
> http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch
> Yeah, I get a buck. So?
>
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    My understanding was that .co.uk and like domains were still SLDs,
but where a TLD wasn't available for registration under the ccTLD
format for the respective country.

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