Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Adios, Yugoslavia...<br/>
Date: Feb 07, 2003 @ 08:29<br/>
Author: Kevin Meynell (Kevin Meynell &lt;kevin@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1620474106">Mike,<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt;but then why didnt you say ghosts could keep their glyphs in the first place<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>In theory, they&#39;re only reserved for five years and then returned to the <br/>
pool (former countries are permanently listed in ISO 3166-3 with a <br/>
4-character code). However, the widespread use of certain codes for <br/>
Internet domains means they tend to hang around for much longer nowadays. <br/>
For example, despite repeated attempts to close .su, some people just won&#39;t <br/>
make the transition to the successor domains.<br/>
<br/>
Cheers,<br/>
<br/>
Kevin Meynell</div>