Re: Santa?

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From: Olivier M.J. Crepin-Leblond, Oli...
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 11:56

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>From: bbirch@hemel.bull.co.uk (Bill Birch)
>Subject: Santa?
>Message-ID: <1992Dec11.113515.18203@uk03.bull.co.uk>
>Sender: @uk03.bull.co.uk
>
>A collegue gave me Santa Claus's email address as follows:
>
> 
>> 
>> S.Claus@arctic.circle.np 
>
>However the mailer daemon cannot deliver to this address. Can
>anyone shed some light on this problem please?
>
>Ta
>
>Bill

I'm affraid to have to inform you that your colleague is pulling your
leg. The .np top level domain is one for Nepal, which is quite a way
away from the North Pole.
You may want to try with .fi (Finland), .is (Iceland), .no (Norway),
.int (International), or perhaps .nt (Neutral Zone).
;-)

O.


-- 
Olivier M.J. Crepin-Leblond, Digital Comms. Section, Elec. Eng. Department
 Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London SW7 2BT, UK
       Internet/Bitnet: <foobar@ic.ac.uk> - Janet: <foobar@uk.ac.ic>

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