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From: kre@cs.mu.oz.au (Robert Elz)
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Subject: Re: name handling in DNS resolvers
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Date: 21 May 91 22:06:12 GMT
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enag@ifi.uio.no (Erik Naggum) writes:

>Erik J. Murrey writes:
>|   by anchoring the name with a
>|   period.

>This is illegal in mail addresses.

No its not - its illegal to transport such an address over SMTP,
but its perfectly acceptable as a user interface - the mailer
completes any abbreviations, and removes any trailing dots
after that.

kre