Tell me where an e-mail comes from when the domain is @yahoo.ca instead of @yahoo.com?

Question

I received this e-mail from someone who gave me the domain of yahoo.ca?? this is some scam right?

Answer 1

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From YAHOO Canada Mail Service:

pop.mail.yahoo.com (216.136.173.10)

Organization Name: Yahoo

Symbol: YHOO

ADD: 701 First Ave

City: Sunnyvale

State: CA

Zip Code: 94089

Country: USA

IP Area: 216.136.172.0 - 216.136.175.255

Socks: 216.136.172.0/22

IP Name: EC20-2-YAHOO1

IP Code: NET-216-136-172-0-1

IP: NET-216-136-128-0-1

: Reallocated

URL Service: NS1.YAHOO.COM

URL Service: NS2.YAHOO.COM

URL Service: NS3.YAHOO.COM

URL Service: NS4.YAHOO.COM

URL Service: NS5.YAHOO.COM

NOTE:

Registry Date: 2000-11-30

Infor Refresh: 2002-03-29

RTechHandle: NA258-ARIN

RTechName: Netblock Admin

RTechPhone: [phone]

RTechEmail: [e-mail]

: NETWO857-ARIN

: Network Abuse

: [phone]

: [e-mail]

Technology Manager Code: NA258-ARIN

: Netblock Admin

: [phone]

: [e-mail]

Source(s): http://www.cz88.net

Answer 2

Canada

Answer 3

Canada

Source(s): my brain

Answer 4

It means the person registered for Yahoo using a Canadian city and postal code. There's no guarantee the person actually lives in Canada, but it's a legitimate domain.

Answer 5

actuaaly it is yahoo canada. but a person in any part of the world can get a yahoo.ca id. so u really cant guess from where it cums

Answer 6

This a Canadian user sending email through Yahoo! Canada. Check out: http://mail.yahoo.ca

Source(s): http://mail.yahoo.ca

Answer 7

Actually these are the domain names.e.g,

@yahoo.co.uk

means the email address is from UK.

@yahoo.ca

means the email address is from CANADA.

@yahoo.in

means the email address is from INDIA.

You have gotten what i mean to say.

Answer 8

Canada, eh.

Answer 9

no, that's yahoo canada.

Answer 10

CANADA