In addition, there are plenty of domains that break the rules.
http://www.x.com/ and http://www.3com.com/ come to mind as functional web
page examples of violations of the rules.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Daminato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Jim McAtee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 11:05 AM
Subject: RE: Valid Domain Names
> All the rule sets you have are correct. Domains must be limited to 67
> characters (including period and com/net/org). So in actuality, 63
> characters :)
>
> Yes, 1 letter domain names exist - we just can't register them :(
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> > Behalf Of Jim McAtee
> > Sent: February 26, 2001 12:38 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Valid Domain Names
> >
> >
> > What are the valid characters and rules for creating acceptable
> > domain names
> > in .COM, .ORG, .NET? Do the valid names strictly follow the current
RFC's
> > or are they more flexible?
> >
> > My understanding is:
> >
> > 1. Must be two or more characters in length (although I know there are
> > single character domain names in existance).
> >
> > 2. First and last character must be alphanumeric.
> >
> > 3. Intervening characters may include alphanumerics and hyphens ("-").
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