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kre@cs.mu.oz.au (Robert Elz) writes:

>In <jwb.714788292@capek.rdt.monash.edu.au> jwb@capek.rdt.monash.edu.au (Jim Breen) writes:

>| rob@contempt.brisnet.org.au

>| All attempts to reply result in a bounce. Can anyone help?

>That's my fault (in a sense) - I've been unable to convince myself
>that brisnet.org.au belongs as an org.au domain, so I haven't
>registered it.   You can probably get there if you explicitly route
>via bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au

Thanks, I got some mail off without susequent bounces.

>I'm not much enamoured of geographic domains (as name.town.state.us)
>especially in that rigid format, but nor am I sure what else is
>better, perhaps just "a.priv.au" or something, where "a" is just
>a random letter of the alphabet chosen just to divide up the
>domains into groups (could be multi letter eventually, or even
>immediately if there's a reason).

>Suggestions welcome.

"a.priv.au" seems only marginally better than X.121 all-numeric addresses. At
least go for a structure with some mnemonic qualities. A "priv" domain seems
a good idea; I just thing we need more meaningful identifiers than "a", "b", etc.

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