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Originally Posted by j.p.s
Sorry to belabor, but part of the point is that just because a site doesn't exist (or is down) now doesn't mean that it won't someday. Think of the potential pain that could be caused by a book, TV show, or movie writer publishing a a random, but potentially valid, telephone number (even if checking first and getting a "not in service" message).
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Also, just because a domain doesn't have a website it doesn't mean that there isn't email set up for it. I know a few people that have bought domains just so that they can have their own vanity email address. Domains are cheap, and so is setting up email for a domain.
I agree that "nosuchword.com *may* be safe *right now*, but trying to go to the domain using a web browser proves nothing about its use for email.
Now...if you did an nslookup for a domain and it came back as non-existent, then you can say that nobody is using the domain *right now*. As j.p.s. rightly says, someone could register that domain tomorrow and that person would start getting email about your account (depending on how they set up their mail server)
Shari