Syntex in text file??

[petersonp at genrad.com]

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> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 11:26:08 -0800
> From: Daniel Curry <dcurry at corio.com>
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> Subject: Syntex in text file??
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>   I am seeing more and more Microsoft DNS servers using
> the underscore in the host names. However with bind in the
> unix world this is not allowable.
>   My question is will the underscore syntex be available in
> the furture? 
> 
> ie;
> host_temp
> 
> vs
> host-temp

This is not a BIND issue.  This is just Micro$oft ignoring 
standards again to make it more difficult to use non-M$
software when you have M$ clients/servers.  The Internet
RFCs don't allow underscores.