Nigel Roberts asks me to post this on his behalf. - Antony
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Tony:
The full IANA rule is to use the two letter codes in ISO-3166 including:
"the UPU codes mentioned in the ISO 3166 list of reserved code
elements. The effect of this is to allow the four codes: AC, GG, IM,
and JE."
(Jon Postel)
Nigel Roberts, .GG NIC, Alderney
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>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark
>Measday
>Sent: Monday, June 21, 1999 5:45 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [IFWP] Country code factoids
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>Lord Postel of Ascension Island, then?
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>Ivan Pope wrote:
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>> > ARPA.
>> > AC. Ascension Island
>> > COM.
>> > GOV.
>> > GG. Guernsey
>> > INT.
>> > IM. Isle of Man
>> > JE. Jersey
>> > MIL.
>> > NET.
>> > ORG.
>> > SU. Soviet Union
>> > UK. United Kingdom
>> >
>> > Query: since ccTLDs are by definition tied
>> > to 3166-1, what are AC, GG, IM, JE, SU, and UK ?
>> >
>>
>> GG, IM, JE are errors on the part of Postel.
>> UK is a trade off in return for no use of GB ever.
>> Ivan
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