On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 02:19:19PM -0400, Barry A. Warsaw wrote: > >>>>> "JRA" == Jay R Ashworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > JRA> No, I was talking about the domain part. > > Ok. > > JRA> The standard is pretty clear that the LHS can have anything > JRA> in it you want, as long as you quote it. > > Yeah, but then it wouldn't /technically/ end in a dot, would it? :) > Okay, okay, I'm being pedantic.
Usually. In this case, you're actually incorrect, alas. The quotation marks are not semantically part of the address. So it *does* end in a dot. (Yes, I know you were being a smart ass.) > >> Hmm, not a use case I've ever encountered. > >> "localhost.localdomain" is about as wacky as it gets. > > JRA> Well, diagnosing local DNS configuration, mostly. A name > JRA> that does *not* end in a dot is supposed to be an invitation > JRA> to apply the search list from /etc/resolv.conf. > > JRA> With people having things registered like com.com and > JRA> edu.com, it can get a bit wacky. > > Ah, ok. Actually, a "bit" might be an understatement... Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] Member of the Technical Staff Baylink RFC 2100 The Suncoast Freenet The Things I Think Tampa Bay, Florida http://baylink.pitas.com +1 727 647 1274 "If you don't have a dream; how're you gonna have a dream come true?" -- Captain Sensible, The Damned (from South Pacific's "Happy Talk") _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman-21/listinfo/mailman-developers
