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At 13:35 31/10/96, Richard Welykochy wrote:

>The question that should be on everyone's lips is this:
>
>    What is the DNA policy w.r.t. existing domain names that
>    do not comply to the new rules? Are they removed from the
>    Domain Name System?

The last paragraph of the MelbourneIT policy document at
<http://www.MelbourneIT.com.au/com_au/com.au_policy.html> states:

   "Any COM.AU domain names registered prior to November 1st remain
    valid domain names, even if they break the rules of this policy."

 ...Richard.

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