However, competitors like 2day.com are in effect disadvantaged by this, because they may want to offer their services as well, but they're not in the same position as Domainz, and don't have existing relationships with .nz name holders.

But surely that is at the discretion of the .nz Provider - and in this instance (and there are reasons), 2Day.com have not signed the accreditation agreement, so the customers are actually that of Domainz. There are a significant number of domain names in the Registry that we _know_ are customers of Peter Mott, although they have registered with Domainz for their domain names. We fully expect Peter to contact his customers if, no when Peter becomes a Registrar and try to move them from us. This is fair competition. I'm sure there will be many other Providers are in the same boat and will try and entice their customers (and indeed everyone else's) away from Domainz. Obviously, Domainz must try and introduce facilities to keep our customers but the new marketplace is here. People now have choice. The email distributed this morning was to name holders of domain names that are directly billed by Domainz. How can this be spam ? Tim -----Original Message----- From: Juha Saarinen [mailto:juha(a)saarinen.org] Sent: Sunday, 8 December 2002 11:48 a.m. To: Matt Brown Cc: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: Domainz spams entire .nz whois database On Mon, 9 Dec 2002, Matt Brown wrote:

Interesting to note that the individual who started this thread is now a competitor to Domainz.

I think it's a tricky one: it's fair to say that Domainz has an existing relationship with .nz name holders and thus, as you say, can communicate with its customers. However, competitors like 2day.com are in effect disadvantaged by this, because they may want to offer their services as well, but they're not in the same position as Domainz, and don't have existing relationships with .nz name holders. They'd be spamming if they were to try the same thing, basically. -- Juha Saarinen - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog DISCLAIMER: The content of this email is confidential and may contain legally privileged information intended only for the individual or entity named above. Access to this message by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that the use, distribution and publication of the above information is prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please contact Domainz by returning the email and destroying the original. Thank you. - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog