-----Original Message-----From: Richard Forno [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 4:39 PM
To: john.armitage
Subject: For CSL?
John - Great stuff on CSL.....always a pleasure reading it!
Since this is a free service to the internet community, I thought you might
find it interesting for your readers. Yes, I am its cofounder, but it's done
as a community service given the goofy commercialized political nature of
domain names. If you don't think it's acceptable for CSL and don't want to
repost it, I completely understand.
Thx....cheers,
rf
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Users of Whonami GINS include new Internet users searching for a desirable
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