>>>>> "Steve" == Steve Atkins <steve@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: Steve> So I consider any use of characters outside that set in a hostname or Steve> "domain name" to be invalid. Specifically an underscore is not a valid Steve> character, so any use of an underscore in the domain-part of an Steve> address that is supposedly an internet address is syntactically Steve> invalid. Really? I actually went round and round at a $client who wanted underscores in DNS, and I had to tell them "We can't change the entire world... you'll have to rename your hosts". Do you have an example of an underscore host that is publicly addressable? I'd like to look up their MX. :) -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
