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From: emv@ox.com (Ed Vielmetti)
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Subject: Re: Underscores
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Date: 3 Mar 91 05:05:53 GMT
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underscores are found in some hostnames managed by merit on behalf of
the nsfnet, e.g. ann_arbor.mi.nss.nsf.net, 129.140.17.77.  until these
names are changed, it's hard to argue that underscores are illegal,
just ill-advised.

--Ed
emv@ox.com
please ignore the goofy From: line in the header.