.mail TLD
I see no positive benefit from this. The exorbitant costs to register a .mail domain is prohibitive to it's successful use. Further it is incredibly exclusionary on countries and entities which are not able to afford such costs. .mail serves to do nothing besides establish a further caste system on a peer to peer network. I find this concept frightening and most unfortunate. I myself run a major Internet blacklist, and have one of the most anti-spam policies on the Internet. Our monthly cash flow measures roughly $400. I will not pay $2000 solely to send e-mail. The concept of a $2000 domain is totally unconscionable. Creating such a separate caste on the Internet where "privileged" clean e-mail can travel is hugely damaging. I humbly request that ICANN NOT create a .mail TLD under the current terms with consideration towards small companies, not-for-profits, third and second world countries establishing Internet connectivity. The price is too high, the solution is already in place, "caller ID" and "TXT records" are there for all domains, paying $2000 to require them is pointless, and I'd consider going so far as calling a vote to blacklist .mail in the AHBL in protest of this action. -- Andrew D Kirch | Abusive Hosts Blocking List | www.ahbl.org Security Admin | Summit Open Source Development Group | www.sosdg.org Key At http://www.2mbit.com/~trelane/trelane.key Key fingerprint = B4C2 8083 648B 37A2 4CCE 61D3 16D6 995D 026F 20CF Attachment:
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