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Username:	see
Date/Time:	Sun, July 2, 2000 at 6:20 AM GMT (Sun, July 2, 2000 at 2:20 AM EDT)
Browser:	Microsoft Internet Explorer V5.01 using Windows 98
Score:	5
Subject:	Why only 3 letters?
Message:
The only argument I can see is that there may be software somewhere that will barf on anything longer than four letters (that being the current longest TLD length, for .arpa).  So avoiding 5+ letter domains might be a reasonable precaution to avoid breaking a braindead gateway from a private network to the Internet at large.

Message Thread:

• "ADU" domain — DavidG3276, June 27 @ 12:51 AM (3/22)
• ADU Domain - would it work? — LWF, June 27 @ 9:23 PM (1/1)
• ADU Domain - would it work? — DavidG3276, June 27 @ 9:37 PM (0/0)
• Why have seperate TLD for this? — Garry Anderson, June 27 @ 1:11 AM (1/4)
• Why have seperate TLD for this? — DavidG3276, June 27 @ 2:26 PM (1/3)
• Protecting Children — Garry Anderson, June 27 @ 3:08 PM (1/2)
• Protecting Children — DavidG3276, June 27 @ 9:51 PM (1/1)
• Protecting Children — Garry Anderson, June 28 @ 12:37 AM (0/0)
• Why this fascination with 3 letters? — cambler, June 27 @ 1:02 AM (2/14)
• Why only 3 letters? — see, July 2 @ 6:20 AM (0/0)
• That Was Good! — Voice Of Reason, June 27 @ 1:16 AM (1/12)
• 3 letters and more — Venster, June 27 @ 5:36 AM (1/11)
• New gTLDs (.web, all that.) — worldthoughts, June 27 @ 7:56 AM (2/10)
• Confusion! — Venster, June 28 @ 3:45 AM (2/6)
• How to find Microsoft — friedrich, June 28 @ 12:29 AM (0/0)
• Get Rich Quick — Garry Anderson, June 28 @ 9:08 AM (1/4)
• Let them have .reg — Venster, June 30 @ 8:44 PM (1/3)
• Reason for trademarks — Garry Anderson, July 1 @ 12:15 AM (1/2)
• Marks and Trademarks — Venster, July 2 @ 6:17 PM (1/1)
• Same difference — Garry Anderson, July 2 @ 6:51 PM (0/0)
• You forgot the most IMPORTANT one. — Garry Anderson, June 27 @ 8:09 AM (1/2)
• New gTLDs — wiredz, June 27 @ 2:20 PM (1/1)
• Reply — WorldThoughts, June 27 @ 3:04 PM (0/0)

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