> FYI, this week Melbourne IT has carried out a mass mail-out via
> Australia Post of reminder notices to the Managing Directors of all
> organisations listed against those com.au domain names that have not yet
> been renewed. 

Not to mention a number of domains for which renewals have been submitted!!

> Excepted from this mail-out are all those domain names for which
> Participating ISPs, other ISPs and aggregators, or the end users
> themselves have initiated the renewal process with Melbourne IT on their
> behalf. 

That might be how it was supposed to work, but unfortunately it seems
that a number of our customers have received these letters, despite
renewals being submitted for their domains several weeks ago (well before
the February 10th cut-off date)

Melbourne IT's response - they "stuffed up".

Of course, where this is really going to become an issue (other than
the obvious fact that it makes both the ISP in question and Melb-IT look 
like they are incompentant) is when the customer decides to pay for the 
domain, and the ISP does as well!!

  Scott.
  HunterLink