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- From: vixie@PA.dec.com (Paul A Vixie)
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- Subject: can an @domain be numeric?
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- Date: 21 Aug 92 17:41:58 GMT
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- rfc822 implies "yes". many IBM/VM/SMTP mailers seem to say "no" in that
- if they see
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- they yell about the "1" following the "@".
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- we're trying to design an address encapsulation and i'd like to know what
- rules i ought to follow to cause the least net.strife. is it the case that
- the first character of a domain can't be numeric? (what about 3com.com?)
- is it that the first token must not be purely numeric? is it the case that
- all tokens must not be purely numeric?
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- speculations, suggestions, and flames all welcome.
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