RE: Registering Multiple Domain Names

Eric Christ (echrist@hendrix.harbinger.com)
Thu, 1 Dec 1994 11:56:15 -0800

Gary Goldberg KA3ZYW email: og@digimark.net writes:
>If I were Joe
>Schmoe at Coca-Cola, would I be expecting mail to jschmoe@coke.com AND
>jschmoe@cocacola.com AND jschmoe@TheRealThing.com, etc?
>If I attempt to register every possible variation, is this serving the
>purpose of the domain name at all?

I would hazard a guess that Coke registered both coca-cola.com and cocacola.com,
not because they plan to use both, but rather to stop someone else from
registering one they did't reserve (e.g. coke.com) and creating confusion.

Sound idea, but could cause problems in practice.

Cheers,
Eric Christ
echrist@hendrix.harbinger.com
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