"MarkD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> This would be a problem for any program that expects only three
>> dot-deliminated parts. I would stick to A.B.C where a is only digits, B
>> is opaque but contains no dots, and C is arbitrary.
>
> Really? In many cases I see hostname configured as a FQDN in which
> case the number of tokens can never be known for sure.
Indeed, the FQDN ought to be used. Otherwise, deliveries from
host.foo.com might collide with those from host.bar.com. Not a common
case, but even so.
paul
