The list is not free, it's a subscription thingy-o from the GofC Charles Daminato OpenSRS Product Manager Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Swerve > Sent: March 7, 2002 3:43 PM > To: Ken Joy; opensrs discuss > Subject: Re: List of municipal restricted .ca names? > > > Stating the obvious. > > Why doesn't CIRA just publish the list? > > Swerve > > > From: "Ken Joy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 14:38:07 -0500 > > To: "Charles Daminato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Eric Paynter" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: RE: List of municipal restricted .ca names? > > > > 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 > >> > > >
