Eric Brunner-Williams <[email protected]> wrote:
> i'd like to think of it as a sequence of bits having having no infix dots and
> having no semantics, e.g., directionality, arising externally to itself.
Dots are allowed in labels but have to be escaped in the presentation
format. RFC 1035 section 5.1:
\X where X is any character other than a digit (0-9), is
used to quote that character so that its special meaning
does not apply. For example, "\." can be used to place
a dot character in a label.
Tony.
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f.anthony.n.finch <[email protected]> http://dotat.at/
East Sole, Lundy, Fastnet: Cyclonic at times in east Sole, otherwise
southeasterly 5 to 7. Moderate or rough. Occasional rain, fog patches.
Moderate, occasionally very poor, becoming good at times.
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