FC: Verisign abruptly closes popular domain name discussion list

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Thu May 24 2001 - 11:08:06 PDT

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    [Brian, will Verisign make the archives available temporarily via FTP, for 
    instance, so the contents won't be swept away forever? --Declan]
    
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    Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 18:42:07 +0200
    From: Alexander Svensson <svenssonat_private>
    To: declanat_private
    Subject: VeriSign closes discussion list
    
    
    Hi Declan!
    
    VeriSign has closed down the long-running 'domain-policy'
    discussion list. Even the archives seem to be gone,
    before anyone could save them.
       http://lists.netsol.com/archives/domain-policy.html
    
    Bret Faussett and Michael Froomkin have good comments
    on this awkward way of closing a mailing list:
       http://www.lextext.com/icann/index.html and
       http://www.icannwatch.org/article.php?sid=173&mode=&order=0
    
    Best regards,
    /// Alexander
    
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Tom Newell <tomnat_private>
    To: <DOMAIN-POLICYat_private>
    Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 1:09 AM
    Subject: List deactivation
    
    
     > This list will be closed effective immediately.  When
     > we started the list many years ago, there were no lists
     > specifically focusing on domain policy issues.  Today
     > there are a wide range of public lists that address
     > this topic.
     >
     > Thank you very much for your participation.
     >
     > Please refer all queries to Brian O'Shaughnessy, of
     > VeriSign's Corporate Communications department at
     > boshaughnessyat_private
     >
     >
     > --Tom
    
    
    
    
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