John Hammond writes: > On Thu, 22 Aug 1996 10:27:43 CDT Chris Barnes said: > >Is the "_" an illegal character? If so, does anyone have the RFC > In short, "_" is an invalid character in a host name. It may be worth noting that older DNS software did not enforce this restriction, but the latest versions of BIND do enforce it. Anyone who has hostnames with "_" in them should think about changing them soon. Cathy -- Catherine Foulston [log in to unmask] Rice University Network Management