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Subject:Re: The Problem With Keeping It Plain And Simple? From:"Char James-Tanny" <charjtf -at- gmail -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Sat, 22 Apr 2006 14:27:44 -0400
> I noticed that the last part of your e-mail address is
> "ca" (sorry, I forget what technically the last part
> of an e-mail address is called). If it stands for
> California, then I think I know where your comming
> from. It has been my experience that in the more
> ledging-edge parts of the country, "Not necessarily"
> is more common than in lets say Cleveland. That said,
> there are many more Clevelands than Silicon valleys
> (or Sorrento valleys, or Austin Texases)
They're called "domain suffixes" and indicate the category (for
example, .com) or the country (for example, .au for Australia), or
both.
.ca is Canada.
Char James-Tanny ~ JTF Associates, Inc. ~ http://www.helpstuff.com
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