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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">On Sep 12, 2001, I helped launch the first non 2/3 character TLD, .INFO. Many of you have heard about how we struggled to get applications, browsers, web forms and email systems to recognize the world’s first four-character TLD as a legitimate extension, including my creation of the Office of the CTO (in a 3 person startup) to get large companies to return my calls.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Well, 15+ years later, today I was on the website of the Pennsylvania state government, and filled in my email address (ending in .INFO). I hit submit, and here is the prompt that came up. I hit OK, and the site accepted my email and I moved forward with my tasks, but it’s galling that some programmer _<i>recently</i>_ decided that a non 2/3 character TLD based email address merited a warning message.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><img width="945" height="366" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D2198E.01AAB1E0"></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Goes to show how long bad habits persist. Also goes to show why the UASG’s work is important.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">-Ram</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p class="MsoNormal">Ram Mohan</p><p class="MsoNormal">Executive Vice President & CTO</p><p class="MsoNormal">Afilias |Ireland|Canada|USA|India|China</p><p class="MsoNormal">o: +1.215.706.5700 x103; m: +1.215.431.0958; f: +1.215.706.5701</p><p class="MsoNormal">Skype:gliderpilot30 |@rmohan123|<a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/rmohan">www.linkedin.com/in/rmohan</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>