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- From: o.CRepin-leblond@ic.ac.UK (Olivier M.J. Crepin-Leblond, Olivier M.J.
- Crepin-Leblond)
- Subject: Re: Santa?
- Message-ID: <9212141156.AA14731@cscmgb.cc.ic.ac.uk>
- Sender: daemon@cis.ohio-state.edu
- Organization: Imperial College, London, UK.
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 11:56:02 GMT
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- >From: bbirch@hemel.bull.co.uk (Bill Birch)
- >Subject: Santa?
- >Message-ID: <1992Dec11.113515.18203@uk03.bull.co.uk>
- >Sender: @uk03.bull.co.uk
- >
- >A collegue gave me Santa Claus's email address as follows:
- >
- >
- >>
- >> S.Claus@arctic.circle.np
- >
- >However the mailer daemon cannot deliver to this address. Can
- >anyone shed some light on this problem please?
- >
- >Ta
- >
- >Bill
-
- I'm affraid to have to inform you that your colleague is pulling your
- leg. The .np top level domain is one for Nepal, which is quite a way
- away from the North Pole.
- You may want to try with .fi (Finland), .is (Iceland), .no (Norway),
- .int (International), or perhaps .nt (Neutral Zone).
- ;-)
-
- O.
-
-
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- Olivier M.J. Crepin-Leblond, Digital Comms. Section, Elec. Eng. Department
- Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London SW7 2BT, UK
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