<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 9:39 PM, Mark Andrews <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Mark_Andrews@isc.org">Mark_Andrews@isc.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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</div> <a href="http://tld" target="_blank">http://tld</a> and user@tld can *never* work *reliably* as they<br>
would cause namespace clashes. Single label represent local<br>
names not global names.</blockquote><div><br>Thats incorrect. It does work but is not recommended because it does not always work depending on the application. If the application relies solely on gethostbyname then it will probably work - but some applications do a bit more checking of the domain name and not all applications will allow it.<br>
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