I'm doing some serious snippage here :)
IIRC, the original rules, although they may have been relaxed at some point,
was that domains had to start with an alpha character.
----- Original Message -----
From: "ross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Dave Warren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> how does 3com.com break the rules?
>
> > > > 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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