On Mon, 22 Jun 1998, Michael Malone wrote:

> 
> The national dns mailing list has become frustratingly useless for
> its intended purpose.  Given the current efforts of NOIE to foster
> a new process for consultative management of *.AU, a forum is
> required for discussion of the Australia DNS structure and future.
> 
> I have created a new mailing list:
> 
> 	dns§waia.asn.au
> 
> You may subscribe to this list by sending the word "subscribe" to
> 
> 	dns-request§waia.asn.au
> 
> This is not a moderated list, but it has a few standard
> restrictions:
> 
> o Only people subscribed to the list may send email to the list
> o No attachments/encoded postings
> o No more than ten messages per participant per day
> o No Adam Todd
> 
> The list will initially be managed by myself and Kim Davies,
> of WAIA.  However, in the longer term, I'd like to see someone
> else take on the task (Tony Barry has already been mentioned and
> would be an excellent choice).  Modification of the list policy
> is up to participants, and will be implemented in a timely
> fashion.
> 
> The intent of the list is to provide a constructive forum for the
> discussion of the *.AU name space, and other issues of specific
> interest to the Australian DNS community.  I'd encourage interested
> parties and stakeholders to subscribe, so that we have a useful
> method of communicating on this important issue.
> 
> For shell users:
> 
>     echo subscribe | mail dns-request§waia.asn.au
> 
> Regards
> 
> Michael
>