> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dassa [mailto:dassa§dhs.org] 
> Sent: Thursday, 19 August 2004 12:17 a.m.
> To: dns§dotau.org
> Subject: [DNS] Interesting - nortel.com.au
> 
> 
> 
> Just put in www.nortel.com.au into my browser, thinking I'd 
> get the Australian branch of 
> http://www.nortelnetworks.com/index.html and it redirected to 
> email.net.au.  Amazing how familiar names come up.
> 
> On a side issue, are non-ICANN gTLD domains acceptable for 
> use in domain contact email addresses for Australian domains? 
>  The dot biz domain is not reachable by my systems like my 
> dot dhs domain is not reachable by most others.

Well it should be as it is an official ICANN gTLD which is in the root zone.

> Registrant ROID:         C1820046-AR
> Registrant Contact Name: Domain Administrator
> Registrant Email:        domains§klimax.biz
> 
> Tech ID:                 C1820046-AR
> Tech Name:               Domain Administrator
> Tech Email:              domains§klimax.biz
> 

And klimax.biz is a registered domain name - see
http://www.whois.biz/whois.cgi?TLD=biz&WHOIS_QUERY=klimax&TYPE=DOMAIN&Search
=Submit+Query


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