.post
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| Introduced | 2005 |
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| TLD type | Sponsored top-level domain |
| Status | In negotiations to be added |
| Registry | Universal Postal Union |
| Sponsoring organization | Universal Postal Union |
| Intended use | Postal community (post offices and related organizations) |
| Actual use | Not yet available for use |
| Registration restrictions | Registrations from ineligible parties can be challenged after the fact |
| Structure | Somewhat complex naming scheme with some types of things getting third-level registrations and some getting second-level registrations but with required sequences of characters to indicate the country |
| Documents | ICANN New sTLD RFP Application |
| Dispute policies | UDRP, Charter Eligibility Dispute Resolution Procedure (CEDRP) |
| Web site | UPU |
.post is Top-level domain submitted to ICANN for approval as a sponsored TLD. It would be restricted to the use of national and regional postal services, and private businesses that provide similar services. It is sponsored by the Universal Postal Union, an international organisation based in Bern, Switzerland. As of August 2006, approval and implementation has not yet happened, overshooting the deadline of 2005.
| Generic top-level domains | ||
|---|---|---|
| Unsponsored | .biz .com .edu .gov .info .int .mil .name .net .org | |
| Sponsored | .aero .cat .coop .jobs .mobi .museum .pro .travel | |
| Infrastructure | .arpa .root | |
| Startup phase | .asia .tel | |
| Proposed | .cym .geo .kid .kids .mail .post .sco .web .xxx | |
| Deleted/retired | .nato | |
| Reserved | .example .invalid .localhost .test | |
| Pseudo-domains | .bitnet .csnet .local .onion .uucp | |
| Unofficial | see Alternative DNS roots | |
| See also: Country code top-level domains | ||
be:.post cs:.post da:.post es:.post it:.post pl:.post ru:.post zh:.post
