"I am trying to register the domain name 'shitakemushrooms.com, '" complained Netizen Jeff Gold in an email message to CNET's NEWS.COM. "It is available, but the InterNIC is refusing to register it because it contains four letters they consider obscene.

Network Solutions granted Shit.com to Mail.com, then put it on hold. When it took it off hold, Real Assets scooped up the domain. Mail.com initiates a dispute.