On 26 Feb 2004 at 15:25, Chris Disspain wrote:

> Not even a tiny bit interested in participating in this riveting debate

That's OK CD, but how about giving us your views on where Domain Names Australia are 
obtaining the addresses associated (in some cases) exclusively with the .com.au domains 
they are attempting to enveigle punters to emulate?

Just in case you missed it, this is what I wrote the other day:

> We have received a number of solicitations from DNA in the post today.
> 
> There are two types:
> 
> 1) .com version of .com.au domain is unregistered
> 
> These have the following in common:
> a) they are all registered through Melbourne IT;
> b) the soliticatations are  addressed to a postal address that is used only on
> the .com.au domain name record.
> 
> Note that some of the .com.au domains are fairly recent in inception ie.
> they were registered AFTER the various security breaches involving the old
> auDA whois database
> 
> 
> 2) regisitration of a .net.au to match a .com.au
> 
> these have the following in common:
> a) the .com.au domains are registered through TPP and Enetica
> b) the soliticatations are addressed to a postal address that is used only
> on the com.au domain name record
> 
> One of the .com.au domains was registered as recently as September last
> year.
> 
> The number one question is this: where are DNA obtaining the domain
> contact addresses from?


cb