FC: Verisign abruptly closes popular domain name discussion list

[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 <svensson_at_icannchannel.de>
To: declan_at_well.com
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 <tomn_at_LISTS.NETSOL.COM>
To: <DOMAIN-POLICY_at_LISTS.NETSOL.COM>
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
 > boshaughnessy_at_verisign.com.
 >
 >
 > --Tom
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