Re: First come/First served

[Aveek Datta <MoNoLiTH+@CMU.EDU>]

Excerpts from newdom: 18-Nov-96 Re: First come/First served by Michael
Dillon@memra.com 
> And it's not too much to demand that the so-called mailing address for a 
> domain be an actual physical location where a warrant or other legal
> document can be served if need be, not a P.O. Box address. If this means
> that registries need to maintain separate mailing address and legal
> address, then so be it. If this means that a registry cannot register
> a domain without some real-world proof of identity then so be it.

I run ML.ORG which has no mailing address because the organization does
not exist. I bought a P.O. Box because I don't want ML.ORG mail to go to
my personal mail box. Since ML.ORG does not have an office or staff,
or a location, there is NO street address available. Yet ML.ORG offers
registry services and serves thousands of domain names free of charge.
So by your proposal ML.ORG would be shutdown. Verifying email addresses
and making sure they don't bounce is something that is a good idea,
verifying postal addresses won't work.



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