[ale] underscored server names

[Bridges, Doug]

According to http://ietf.org/rfc/rfc0882, the only allowed characters in a domain name are letters, numbers, and hyphens.  Thus, an underscore might cause problems because a program could have defined the use of an underscore in a domain name to mean something special.

Doug

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org]On Behalf Of
Preston Boyington
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 10:00 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts (E-mail)
Subject: [ale] underscored server names


would someone mind telling me why an "_" in a server name would cause trouble?  i've not noticed it before, but with some email programs (mozilla thunderbird) it is raising sand about the server name (email_server).  it doesn't do this with a "-" and i was wondering if i was breaking some rule/law/karma.

as it stands there are several servers i am playing with: data_server, email_server, app_server, ogg_server and notice no current problems.

i am allowed to name as i see fit, am i not?

thanks,
preston
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