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Re: T.I.M.M.Y
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Date: 
Mon, 5 Jun 2000 21:30:42 GMT
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mattdm@STOPSPAMmattdm.org
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Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote:
I'm not sure about the underscore, but Netscape 3.01 seems to be
truncating the hostname at 32 characters.

Looked on another machine, not much to see there, did I miss it?

I don't believe that there is a standard limit for name length, although I
could be wrong. However, there is a clear specification for hostnames:
they must begin with a letter, followed by any number and combination of
letters or numbers or hyphens, and end with a letter or number. (This is
specified in one of the really early RFCs; I forget which.)


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(...) I'm not sure about the underscore, but Netscape 3.01 seems to be truncating the hostname at 32 characters. Looked on another machine, not much to see there, did I miss it? (24 years ago, 5-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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