Actually I can't take the blame for this one, other things yes.


david

On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Chuck Mead wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, David Brett blurted out:
> 
> DB>Does anybody know of a way to allow DNS names with "_" in them?
> 
> No. The composition of a legal hostname is given in RFC1123, a
> *mandatory* RFC. It's this RFC that says hostnames cannot contain
> underscores.  Likewise, names used for mail domains have to comply with
> RFC822 syntax, another mandatory RFC. Note that none of this has
> anything to do with the DNS which has no character limits that I am
> aware of.
> 
> DB>I have a number of servers with an underscore in them.  It is
> DB>going to take a lot of work to make the change by a large number
> DB>people.
> 
> Sorry. You did it wrong. Fix it. There's nothing else for it.
> 
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