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Re: Underscores in host names
From: "william(at)elan.net" <william () elan net>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 21:55:25 -0700 (PDT)
On Wed, 18 May 2005, David A. Ulevitch wrote:
.ws has an MX record. host -t mx ws. ==> mail.worldsite.ws Most MUA's (unix ones tended to work, not surprisingly) complain or break on "send" but technically it works. :)
Read 2.3.5 of RFC2821 and note that "A domain (or domain name) consists of one or more dot-separated components"
So technically its not supposed to work, but not everyone is compliant with standards...
-- William Leibzon Elan Networks william () elan net
Current thread:
- Re: Underscores in host names, (continued)
- Re: Underscores in host names Valdis . Kletnieks (May 17)
- Re: Underscores in host names Mark Andrews (May 17)
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- Re: Underscores in host names Jay R. Ashworth (May 17)
- Re: Underscores in host names Valdis . Kletnieks (May 17)
- Re: Underscores in host names Steven Champeon (May 17)
- Re: Underscores in host names Stephane Bortzmeyer (May 18)
- Re: Underscores in host names David Conrad (May 18)
- Re: Underscores in host names Tony Finch (May 18)
- Re: Underscores in host names Mark Andrews (May 18)
- Re: Underscores in host names william(at)elan.net (May 18)
- Re: Underscores in host names David A. Ulevitch (May 18)
- Re: Underscores in host names william(at)elan.net (May 18)
- Re: Underscores in host names Mark Andrews (May 18)
- Re: Underscores in host names Brad Knowles (May 19)
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- Re: Underscores in host names Jay R. Ashworth (May 19)
- Re: Underscores in host names bmanning (May 19)
- Re: Underscores in host names Brad Knowles (May 19)
- Re: Underscores in host names Tony Finch (May 18)
- Re: Underscores in host names Brad Knowles (May 19)
- Re: Underscores in host names Tony Finch (May 19)
- Re: Underscores in host names Tony Finch (May 18)
- Re: Underscores in host names Stephane Bortzmeyer (May 18)