Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 20:01:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Patrick McConnell <patrick@interlog.com> To: Tom Savage <tom@dhc.net> Cc: Brandon Gillespie <brandon@roguetrader.com>, Greg Stringfellow <greg@smokey.prismnet.com>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BIND Question Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.96.970911195843.279A-100000@patrick.interlog.com> In-Reply-To: <199709112242.RAA15773@dhc.net>
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I don't know about that - $ host highlandpark.k12.tx.us highlandpark.k12.tx.us mail is handled (pri=0) by HPISD_ADMIN.HIGHLANDPARK.K12.TX.US and reverse lookups on this host (HPISD_ADMIN) seem to fail. On Thu, 11 Sep 1997, Tom Savage wrote: > Brandon, Greg: > Your customer is probably trying to send a message to > (hpisd_admin@highlandpark.k12.tx.us) Highland Park ISD's url is > www.highlandpark.k12.tx.us > Tom > > ---------- > > From: Brandon Gillespie <brandon@roguetrader.com> > > To: Greg Stringfellow <greg@smokey.prismnet.com> > > Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: Re: BIND Question > > Date: Thursday, September 11, 1997 3:56 PM > > > > On Thu, 11 Sep 1997, Greg Stringfellow wrote: > > > > > Here is an interesting question, or at least to me right now. > > > > > > I've got a customer who is trying to send mail to a particular > location. The > > > hostname is "HPISD_ADMIN.HIGHLANDPARK.K12.TX.US". I remember reading > > > somewhere about the underscores in a hostname not being valid. But I > just > > > can't seem to track it down. > > > > You are right, underscores are not a valid part of a domain name, even > > though old DNS servers would allow them (all that is valid is a-z0-9 and > a > > dash, I believe). > > > > > Any ideas? Am I going crazy? Have I not read something that I should > have > > > from being too busy? All of the above? > > > > I dont know why it is behaving as it does--I would suspect the reason its > > NOT working is because of the underscore, and 'nslookup' isn't being as > > pedantic about it as it should be. Two suggestions: > > > > 1) get them to fix their domain name > > 2) use the raw ip addr, as given by nslookup > > > > -Brandon Gillespie > > > -- Patrick McConnell (patrick@interlog.com) "640k ought to be enough for anybody." -Bill Gates, 1981
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