[ga] It's started. Fwd: New Policy for Domain Names

[Simon Higgs <simon@higgs.com>]

Who is behind this? Under what authority are they doing this?

This is exactly the type of thing that should be avoided at all costs.

[Note the sender's domain name is not valid.]

>From: rreglan@domaino.ukg1.fr
>To: Domain Name Holder<>
>Subject: New Policy for Domain Names
>Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 01:31:42 -0400
>X-Sender: rreglan@domaino.ukg1.fr
>X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1
>
>New Top Level Domains to come out early next year!
>
>July 16, 2000 - Yokohama, Japan - The Internet Corporation for Assigned
>Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced that it adopted a policy that will
>introduce new global top-level domains (TLDs).  The proposed new domains
>include: .web, .inc, .rec, .shop, .store, .firm, .law, .biz, .nom, .news,
>.arts .xxx, .porn, and .sex.  The approved TLDs are to be made available
>starting early 2001.  ICAAN however has not released the exact time and
>date.
>
>The decision to release the new TLDs was prompted by the increasing scarcity
>of domain names.  Domain registrations reached an all time high with over 10
>million domain name registrations in the first six months of this year.  The
>overwhelming consensus of the Internet community is that new domain names
>are needed to increase competition and to create an alternative to .com,.net
>and .org domain extensions.
>
>The demand for quality domain names is so significant that domain name
>registration companies and the Internet as a whole is expected to bog down
>during the first several hours at the opening of these new TLDs making it
>difficult for consumers to get the new names they desire.
>
>In anticipation of this problem, Regland.com is hosting a centralized
>database for the pre-registration of these names prior to their opening. For
>further information about the pre-registration process please visit
>www.RegLand.com <http://www.RegLand.com>.
>
>
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