Olin Lathrop wrote:

> cdb wrote:
>> The Australian federal governments jobsite also won't accept
>> 'foreign' email addresses, neither do some Queensland government
>> websites, but some do.
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> Perhaps they want to avoid spam and other attacks, and keep to
> addresses they might have some jurisdiction over.

Interesting thought. What's the jurisdiction of internet domains?=20

In this specific case, I have a hard time imagining that Australia has
any more jurisdiction over .com domains (accepted) than it has over,
say, .co.uk domains (rejected).

Probably the result of simple, plain shortsightedness.

Gerhard
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