Hyphen in domain name

[Mark.Andrews at nominum.com]

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> 
> What charcters are legal in domain name shouldn't be dependent on the OS. 
> The "-" should be the only other charcter allowed in domain name other
> than a-z and 0-9.
> 
> Steve

	Please use terminology correctly.

	Host names have a restricted character set, 'A'-'Z', '0'-'9',
	'.' and '-'.

	Domain names do not.

	Mark
> 
> On Mon, 2 Oct 2000, Ashish Kumar Batwara wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > Could anybody tell me that Windows NT DNS server is able to resolve the
> > hyphen in domain names???
> > I hv some domains with hyphen in the domain name... When i m trying to
> > send mails to the user in those domain, it is trying , but after some
> > time.. it is saying that Max. number of trials reached & mails get
> > bounce back.....
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Ashish
> > 
> > 
> > -- Binary/unsupported file stripped by Listar --
> > -- Type: text/x-vcard
> > -- File: akbatwara.vcf
> > -- Desc: Card for Ashish Kumar Batwara
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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