On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Valerie Sutton wrote:
> But I tried it today. As far as I can see, a good number under the USA
> are incorrect. Under the USA it has people from Egypt, Colombia, Germany
> and lots of people from Japan, all under the USA....and several other
> countries too - so you are not alone, Flavio!
It's just sorting people by top-level domain. In the early days
of the Internet, all the machines with *.com, *.org, *.edu and *.net were
in the USA. It's an old feature that hasn't worked since they opened
those up to people from outside the US.
> I have no idea how to fix it. If it really matters to you, you could
> write to the SignWriting List owner, Paul Cowley, and ask him how to
> change your country:
>
>
>
Those addresses don't work any more. Paul's current address is:
-Angus B. Grieve-Smith
Linguistics Department
University of New Mexico
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