Michael Dillon writes:

On Wed, 29 May 1996, Hank Nussbacher wrote:

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Internic, when sending out their surface mail bills to our customers, translates Israel to IL. Therefore the bill gets sent to Tel Aviv, IL - which is Illinois and probably comes back to Internic where it sits in the mailroom. I only find out when Internic sends email that they are about to pull the plug on a domain name due to lack of payment.

Uh-oh. And I suppose all the Canadian CA bills end up in California?

Perhaps, but a co-worker of mine almost got a plane ticket to Ottawa, Ontario, California. Nevin.ca -- -Nevin Williams ANS Network Operations -- -Nevin Williams ANS Network Operations