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To: Nathan Jones <njones@connect.com.au>
Cc: dnsop@cafax.se
From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 06:37:05 -0700
Sender: owner-dnsop@cafax.se
Subject: Re: My first rough draft of my first I-D

> - don't use dots in email addresses
> 
> There's no real reason to tell all the people that legitimately use
> firstname.surname@example.com that they shouldn't, since the DNS
> specifications specifically cover this. If you use such an email
> address in an SOA record (for example), you must escape the dot:
> firstname\.surname@example.com

huh?  you are to the left of the @, i.e. in the local part, which has
zip to do with the dns.

> - hostname aliases
> I'm not sure if this topic is covered by other RFCs.

and, as this part is the only one that has anything to do with the dns,
i suspect that it is the only one pertinent to this wg

randy

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