I'm trying to add a set of users using the format forename.surname

When i add the user by hand to the passwd file it works fine but useradd barfs

useradd joe.blogs
useradd: invalid user name 'joe.blogs'

Is there a good reason (security?) for this?
How/where can I allow name.name as usernames?

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