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In article <[email protected]> you write: > ><quote who="william(at)elan.net"> > >> Since changing SMTP2821 and waiting until everyone complies and accepts >> email addresses with no "." is not an option, the solutions proposed are >> to either have address like "[email protected]" or "[email protected]" >> >> The only reason it has not been discussed more actively is that no TLD >> operator has yet come forward and said that they are going to use >> TLD host for emails, but as soon as one does this would have to be >> accommodated and quickly (otherwise it will remain as an open issue for >> future update to SMTP - probably RFC4821 if this numbering continues :) >> > >.ws has an MX record. >host -t mx ws. ==> mail.worldsite.ws > >Most MUA's (unix ones tended to work, not surprisingly) complain or break >on "send" but technically it works. :) > >Thanks, >David Ulevitch > >---------------------------------------------------- > David A. Ulevitch - Founder, EveryDNS.Net > http://david.ulevitch.com -- http://everydns.net >---------------------------------------------------- Any tld that thinks this will ever work reliably need their heads read. There was a good reason all the unqualified hosts got moved into .ARPA. Single label hosts do not work well on a global scale. Mark
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