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From: rick@uunet.UU.NET (Rick Adams)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Domain Registration
Summary: hosts requirement rfc
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Date: 1 Jun 89 19:20:31 GMT
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> The moaning about the use of % as a
> pseudorouting punctuation character is nothing but moaning; it is not
> and has never been a part of anyone's standard, and I don't know of
> anyone who advertises it as advisable - I tell my users about it from
> time to time to get around temporary, transient difficulties
> regarding, e.g., nameserver blackouts and dead links. 

This is documented (but discouraged) in section 5.1.2.15 [page 111]
of the current hosts requirement rfc.

---rick