[Mailman-Developers] Opening up a few can o' worms here...

[Barry A. Warsaw]

>>>>> "JRA" == Jay R Ashworth <jra@baylink.com> writes:

    JRA> No, I was talking about the domain part.

Ok.

    JRA> The standard is pretty clear that the LHS can have anything
    JRA> in it you want, as long as you quote it.

Yeah, but then it wouldn't /technically/ end in a dot, would it? :)
Okay, okay, I'm being pedantic.

    >> Hmm, not a use case I've ever encountered.
    >> "localhost.localdomain" is about as wacky as it gets.

    JRA> Well, diagnosing local DNS configuration, mostly.  A name
    JRA> that does *not* end in a dot is supposed to be an invitation
    JRA> to apply the search list from /etc/resolv.conf.

    JRA> With people having things registered like com.com and
    JRA> edu.com, it can get a bit wacky.

Ah, ok.
-Barry