CIRA uses: http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/english/cgndb.html
You could conceiveably wildcard search the thing for a complete list, BUT, you have to include at least two characters. If anyone goes through all the letters, please email me the entire list :) Thanks, Ken > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Charles Daminato > Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 9:33 AM > To: Eric Paynter; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: List of municipal restricted .ca names? > > > Eric... > > My sincere condolences, however: > > > 1. Why doesn't OpenSRS catch this when the order is placed? > > We don't have an authoritative list, we only find out when we try > to process > the domain at the registry, so we can't check it. > > > 2. Where is the list of municipal restricted .ca names so we can > > do our own checking in the future? > > There IS list of all municipalities published by the Gov't of Canada but > afaik it's not free (and actually quite expensive, subscription based) > > I *did* find something from the Government that has a list of names, but I > don't know how accurate this is, and you'll likely have to get permission > from the Gov't of Canada to take the information from this site. I'll see > if there's anything we can do to get a list locally, and alter our lookups > to suit. > > http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/scdt/businessmap/engdoc/10.9.9999.html > > The format for the URL is 10.X.9999.html where X is: > > 1 = Alberta, 2 = British Columbia, 3 = Manitoba, 4 = New Brunswick, 5 = > Newfoundland, 6 = Northwest Territories, 7 = Nova Scotia, 8 = Nunavut, 9 = > Ontario, 10 = Prince Edward Island, 11 = Quebec, 12 = Saskatchewan, 13 = > Yukon > > But I don't know > > Charles Daminato > OpenSRS Product Manager > Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Eric Paynter > > Sent: March 6, 2002 8:49 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: List of municipal restricted .ca names? > > > > > > OK, CIRA has me pulling my hair out again... We have a domain in pending > > queue because the customer's credit card information (address > > etc.) was out > > of date. After spending considerable time on the phone with this person > > convincing him to go to the bank and update his info so that we > can do an > > address verification, waiting days for this to be done while > > playing phone > > tag with the customer, listening to him gripe at us about how he > > believes he > > really shouldn't be doing business on the Internet anyway because > > all this > > fraud prevention stuff is scaring him, finally getting > > confirmation that the > > info is updated and getting a green light from Visa that the info > > matches... > > Click "Register Now" in the RWI and it returns: "Domain name is > > restricted > > to municipal government." > > > > Now I get to formulate the email that says sorry, we are so > > incompetant that > > we didn't even realize ahead of time your domain name is not > > available to a > > Canadian Citizen which is exactly what you put on our order form so we > > should have been able to catch it... Better luck next time! > > > > My questions: > > > > 1. Why doesn't OpenSRS catch this when the order is placed? > > 2. Where is the list of municipal restricted .ca names so we can > > do our own > > checking in the future? > > > > Thanks, > > > > -Eric P. > > > > -- > > arctic bears - email and name services > > 25 email addresses@yourdomain CA$11.95/month > > DNS starting at CA$3.49/month - domains from CA$25.95/year > > for details contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit > > http://www.arcticbears.com >
