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Subject: The use of "$" embedded in names--
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Date: 22 Jul 88 21:37:00 GMT
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	Questions regarding the use of the dollar sign, "$" have
been raised, eg. in connection with User Names in Authorize.

From the Distributed Name Service Architecture book, available only
in "Draft" form as far as I know, here is a quotation--

"NOTE-- All Simple Names containing dollar signs "$" are reserved for
        use by Digital and may not be assigned by customers."

Given that, and what is planned for us with DNS, I would not dare
suggest that anyone do the contrary--but what do I know--  Hope this
helps
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