Jayne,

Note that Bruce's valuable info applies to:

  com.au, net.au, org.au, asn.au, and id.au domain names

but not to:

  gov.au and edu.au domain names

which still use the old AUNIC system at www.aunic.net.



Regards, Mark

Mark Hughes
Effective Business Applications Pty Ltd
effectivebusiness§pplications.com.au
www.pplications.com.au
+61 4 1374 3959

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Tonkin [mailto:Bruce.Tonkin§melbourneit.com.au]
> Sent: Wednesday, 17 July 2002 14:22
> To: 'dns§lists.auda.org.au'
> Cc: 'wilkie.jayne§saugov.sa.gov.au'
> Subject: [DNS] How to check whether renewal notices are genuine
>
>
> Hello Jayne,
>
> There are a range of companies offering domain name registration
> services in
> Australia.
>
> They can be divided into 3 broad categories:
> - registrars accredited by auDA (only these companies have direct
> access to
> the registry
> (see http://www.ausregistry.com.au/domains/registrars.php)
> - authorised resellers of registrars
> - companies we no contracts with either auDA or registrars.
>
> Only registrars and authorised resellers are contractually bound to adhere
> to a code of practice with respect to renewal notices.
>
> If you want to find out who your current registrar is, do a WHOIS check on
> the name
> at the new registry: http://www.ausregistry.com.au/domains/search.php
>
> If you want to know if a particular company is an authorised
> reseller of the
> registrar, then contact the relevant registrar identified above.  In the
> case of Melbourne IT, we can tell you which authorised reseller
> last renewed
> your domain name.
>
> Regards,
> Bruce Tonkin
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wilkie, Jayne (SAHT) [mailto:Wilkie.Jayne§saugov.sa.gov.au]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 1:33 PM
> > To: 'dns§lists.auda.org.au'
> > Subject: RE: [DNS] Domain registration through Enetica
> >
> >
> > Hi David.
> >
> > I am new to Internet Management and have taken over the role
> > with little
> > handover.  The accounts were something that were never
> > mentioned to me and I
> > am cautiously looking at the accounts coming in until I get a
> > hang of what
> > is real and what are misleading accounts.
> >
> > Do you know anything about InternetRegistry and WebCentral sending out
> > renewals for domain names?  Do you know of anywhere that I
> > can check out the
> > authenticity of such documents
> >
> > Regards,
> > Jayne
> >
> >
> > Jayne Wilkie
> > Acting Web Administrator
> > South Australian Housing Trust
> >
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> > *  mailto://wilkie.jayne§saugov.sa.gov.au
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> >         North Terrace,  Adelaide   5000
> >
> > &    (+61-8-)  820 70205
> > *  (+61-8-)  8207 0202
> >
> > Visit our website at: www.housingtrust.sa.gov.au
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David James - The Pagesmith
> [mailto:david.james§pagesmith.com.au]
> Sent: Wednesday, 17 July 2002 12:53
> To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
> Subject: [DNS] Domain registration through Enetica
>
>
> I have just registered a .org.au domain through Enetica. In the past you
> would not move me from MelbourneIT, but Enetica's service took under 5
> minutes. I'm very impressed.
> David James
>
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