[H-GEN] Are host names allowed to start with a numeric identifier?

[John Ryland]

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On Tue, 13 Mar 2001 09:49, Martin Pool wrote:
>
> In DNS?  Ask hostmaster at 3com.com.
>
> I seem to recall the original standard said they were not, but then it
> changed.

Or hostmaster at 2600.com :)

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Regards
John

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