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November 6, 2009
Why I Harbor a Strong Dislike for .PL
This is the regex I have to use to match the second level domain part of domains in .pl (in order to figure out what the domain part of a hostname is):
(aid|agro|atm|auto|biz|com|edu|gmina|gsm|info|mail|miasta|media|mil|net| nieruchomosci|nom|org|pc|powiat|priv|realestate|rel|sex|shop|sklep|sos|szkola| targi|tm|tourism|travel|turystyka|augustow|babia-gora|bedzin|beskidy|bialowieza| bialystok|bielawa|bieszczady|boleslawiec|bydgoszcz|bytom|cieszyn|czeladz|czest| dlugoleka|elblag|elk|glogow|gniezno|gorlice|grajewo|ilawa|jaworzno|jelenia-gora| jgora|kalisz|kazimierz-dolny|karpacz|kartuzy|kaszuby|katowice|kepno|ketrzyn| klodzko|kobierzyce|kolobrzeg|konin|konskowola|kutno|lapy|lebork|legnica|lezajsk| limanowa|lomza|lowicz|lubin|lukow|malbork|malopolska|mazowsze|mazury| mielec|mielno|mragowo|naklo|nowaruda|nysa|olawa|olecko|olkusz|olsztyn| opoczno|opole|ostroda|ostroleka|ostrowiec|ostrowwlkp|pila|pisz|podhale|podlasie| polkowice|pomorze|pomorskie|prochowice|pruszkow|przeworsk|pulawy|radom| rawa-maz|rybnik|rzeszow|sanok|sejny|slask|slupsk|sosnowiec|stalowa-wola|skoczow| starachowice|stargard|suwalki|swidnica|swiebodzin|swinoujscie|szczecin|szczytno| tarnobrzeg|tgory|turek|tychy|ustka|walbrzych|warmia|warszawa|waw|wegrow|wielun| wlocl|wloclawek|wodzislaw|wolomin|wroclaw|zachpomor|zagan|zarow|zgora| zgorzelec)
Yes, really. It's like the shining example of the .us TLD, but they also allow domains in the .pl TLD as well. Oh, wait. So does .us now.
Posted by schampeo at November 6, 2009 2:04 PM