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Date:      Wed, 24 Mar 1999 12:11:53 +0000
From:      Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk>
To:        Stuart Henderson <stuart@eclipse.net.uk>
Cc:        Grant Beckerleg <grant@vbc.net>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: name server not found
Message-ID:  <36F8D689.9EB2A227@tdx.co.uk>
References:  <00ba01be75e9$55c5aac0$0602cfc2@gromit.uk1.vbc.net> <36F8D0D7.E46C566E@tdx.co.uk> <36F8D249.D55C0CD8@eclipse.net.uk>

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Stuart Henderson wrote:
> 
> > I can't think of anything - I'm not sure I like the '_' in
> > he hostname 'mail_server.primaryuk.com'
> 
> bind doesn't like underscores, they're not valid characters for use in
> domain names.

That's what I thought - though to be fair our NT boxes here resolved the name
OK... I still wouldn't trust them though :-) - Brings back memories of the
people who set their Win9X machines names to things like "Bob's only PC"
(which later becomes "Bob's only PC.isp.net") :)

-Kp


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