Looking at the ridiculous long names I'd not get too worried, it does perhaps show how many
potential variants (spellings, long, short) of your University name there could be.
We certainly don't use manchestermetropolitanuniversity, and there could be similar attempts to
snag all sorts of variants on the name, could be fun trying to trap them all.
I'd be more concerned if they sold the name on to someone without any connection to ourselves who
free-loaded off the name / reputation.
best wishes
Steve Nisbet
Web Technical Support Officer
Information Systems Unit
Manchester Metropolitan University
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>>> "Brooke, Keith N" <[log in to unmask]> 09/05/2006 08:26:31 >>>
Anybody else had one of these?
Should we be concerned that this company is buying up university-related .eu domain names and then
trying to flog them to us at a premium? They don't appear to be doing anything dodgy with the
domains. Yet.
Keith
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-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Wolf [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 07 May 2006 16:52
To: Strathclyde University; St-Andrews University; wsu - Web Support Unit; Sussex University
Subject: .eu Domain Names
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