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<p class="MsoNormal">True geek <span style="font-family:Wingdings">J</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black"><ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Ram Mohan <rmohan@afilias.info><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 4:53 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>"UA-discuss@icann.org" <UA-discuss@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [UA-discuss] Some universal acceptance problems last 15+ years...</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style="color:#1F497D">I mis-stated that .INFO was the world’s first 4-character TLD - .ARPA came before
</span></a><span style="font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D">J</span><span style="color:#1F497D"> t/h David Conrad</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Ram Mohan [mailto:<a href="mailto:rmohan@afilias.info">rmohan@afilias.info</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 28, 2016 1:50 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:UA-discuss@icann.org">UA-discuss@icann.org</a> (<a href="mailto:UA-discuss@icann.org">UA-discuss@icann.org</a>)<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Some universal acceptance problems last 15+ years...<o:p></o:p></p>
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<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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Goes to show how long bad habits persist. Also goes to show why the UASG’s work is important.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">-Ram<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ram Mohan<o:p></o:p></p>
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