>>>>> "Wakko" == Wakko Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Wakko> As it is to me as well, I posted this for comments about the Wakko> name that was returned. I thought that ( ) and # weren't Wakko> allowed in hostnames. They're not, but they _are_ allowed in DNS labels (pretty much everything, including . and \0, is allowed in DNS labels). Nothing in DNS itself prevents you using arbitrary octets in the values of records such as PTR whose values are label strings. The concept of whether something is or is not valid as a "hostname" is enforced only at higher levels than the DNS protocol itself (though some DNS servers, but by no means all, have tried to "helpfully" enforce such rules by applying them to the names or values of specific record types). -- Andrew, Supernews http://www.supernews.com -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
