Slight Difference between one DNS and Another

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On Monday 2005-August-15 15:52, Martin McCormick wrote:
> What small parameter might I have changed or omitted on the
> DNS that requires dots?

When a zone file is loaded, $ORIGIN is implicitly set to the zone's 
name. If a zone file has a "$ORIGIN ." line, everything thereafter 
refers back to the root.
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