Anyone get this one this morning? Our helpdesk got a copy. General FYI otherwise. (I seem to recall this, or similar, was discussed here some time back.) Mark.

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From: "Dominic O'Hare" To:

To the director of the Internet Service Provider,=20

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Australasian Internet Marketing In association with Technologies = Integrated will next month release a new and exciting venture for all = Kiwis'. The venture is a new innovative namespace for new top-level = domain names specific to New Zealand surpassing ICANN (The Internet = Corporation of Assigned Names & Numbers).

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The scheme will work much the same as multi-lingual domain names are = based; the name typed into the browser which then cloaks the real URL = via you the isp or a plug-in downloaded from our website. The procedure = is seamless unlike stealth forwarding, which is a frame-based process = and is limited to cloaking normal web addresses eg. CJB.NET. The outcome = is, when you type in a url with one of our new domain suffixes in the = status bar content will load from the url you typed in.=20

Example, A user types in - http://www.yourname.kiwi=20

A graphic on the page loads, and shows up in the status bar as loading = from - http://www.yourname.kiwi/welcome.jpg

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This is exactly the same, as any normal TLD or ccTLD would load up in = any browser.

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This scheme has been tried, tested and successful in the United States = by a company selling new domain names such as ".art" and ".church" named = New.net, The company has made partnerships with large international ISPs = like Tiscali (Europe) and Netzero (USA) to enable the domain names to = users of the ISPs. The company has also made deals with large = distribution software like Kazza to instantly install the companies = plug-in to enable the new domain names if the users ISP have not enabled = New.net domain names. New.net domain names now have a growing audience = to their domain names of over 150 million people worldwide.

New.net has a somewhat different plan of action than us, although they = clearly show that the creation of new and non-ICANN domain names is = easily possible and worthwhile.=20

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We are currently looking for partners in this venture, our site and = network will go live on the 1st of June. If you are interested in = partnership with us or would like more information, you may contact us = by email at xtldsproject(a)aim.net.nz.=20

Kindest Regards,

Dominic O'Hare

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Managing Director=20

Australasian Internet Marketing (NZ) Limited.

To the director of the Internet Service Provider,

Australasian Internet Marketing In association with Technologies Integrated will next month release a new and exciting venture for all Kiwis’. The venture is a new innovative namespace for new top-level domain names specific to New Zealand surpassing ICANN (The Internet Corporation of Assigned Names & Numbers).

The scheme will work much the same as multi-lingual domain names are based; the name typed into the browser which then cloaks the real URL via you the isp or a plug-in downloaded from our website. The procedure is seamless unlike stealth forwarding, which is a frame-based process and is limited to cloaking normal web addresses eg. CJB.NET. The outcome is, when you type in a url with one of our new domain suffixes in the status bar content will load from the url you typed in.

Example, A user types in – http://www.yourname.kiwi

A graphic on the page loads, and shows up in the status bar as loading from – http://www.yourname.kiwi/welcome.jpg

This is exactly the same, as any normal TLD or ccTLD would load up in any browser.

This scheme has been tried, tested and successful in the United States by a company selling new domain names such as “.art” and “.church” named New.net, The company has made partnerships with large international ISPs like Tiscali (Europe) and Netzero (USA) to enable the domain names to users of the ISPs. The company has also made deals with large distribution software like Kazza to instantly install the companies plug-in to enable the new domain names if the users ISP have not enabled New.net domain names. New.net domain names now have a growing audience to their domain names of over 150 million people worldwide.

New.net has a somewhat different plan of action than us, although they clearly show that the creation of new and non-ICANN domain names is easily possible and worthwhile.

We are currently looking for partners in this venture, our site and network will go live on the 1st of June. If you are interested in partnership with us or would like more information, you may contact us by email at mailto:xtldsproject(a)aim.net.nzxtldsproject(a)aim.net.nz.

Kindest Regards,

Dominic O’Hare

Managing Director

Australasian Internet Marketing (NZ) Limited.

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