----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Andrews" <ma...@isc.org>
> Search lists are for hosts and host like things. Resolver libraries > have different interfaces for different purposes. Single label > hostnames for reaching non local equipment was deliberately phase > out in the 1980's as it was clearly a bad concept. Yes, and we're discussing the practical reason *why* it's a bad concept. :-) My abject apologies to everyone who didn't get that I was talking about the *source* of the problem by synecdoche. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274