>>>>> "Ted" == Ted Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Martin A. Brooks wrote: >> Ted Cooper wrote: >>> Hmm.. this also doesn't take into account illegal hostnames such as >>> those with bits starting with digits >> >> There's nothing illegal about using numbers to start part of a >> domain name. http://www.888.com/ Ted> RFC 1035 Ted> The labels must follow the rules for ARPANET host names. They Ted> must start with a letter, end with a letter or digit, and have Ted> as interior characters only letters, digits, and hyphen. There Ted> are also some restrictions on the length. Labels must be 63 Ted> characters or less. This was superseded long ago: RFC 1123: 2.1 Host Names and Numbers The syntax of a legal Internet host name was specified in RFC-952 [DNS:4]. One aspect of host name syntax is hereby changed: the restriction on the first character is relaxed to allow either a letter or a digit. Host software MUST support this more liberal syntax. -- Andrew, Supernews http://www.supernews.com -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
