> - What gives auDA the right to SPAM me on behalf of Melb IT.

auDA is communicating with the registered contact of domain name holders on
its own behalf, not on behalf of Melbourne IT.  auDA is a Regulatory
Authority (analogous to ASIC, or to the relevant State Govt departments
which register business names), and its common practice for entities such as
these to communicate directly with their registrants if they believe it to
be the best way to provide the Registrant with important information.

In fact, there's probably more support for a line of argument that auDA
should have communicated directly with Registrants more often in the past
than it has done.  Certainly I receive information directly from the
Department of Fair Trading regarding names they have issued me.

> - Why was this not sent out in the post from a government department like
> with electricity and telecommunications

Because auDA is the relevant regulatory authority for .au domain names, so
they send the information out.  Just as ASIC sends information directly to
me - they don't give it to the electricity company to send out for them.




Regards, Mark

Mark Hughes
Effective Business Applications Pty Ltd
effectivebusiness§pplications.com.au
www.pplications.com.au
+61 4 1374 3959