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Re: valid_hostname chokes on trailing dot
From: mouss (mouss
netoyen.net)
Date: Wed Oct 01 2008 - 13:08:14 CDT
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Noel Jones wrote:
> Welcome to postfix!
>
> Valid hostnames in mail are not the same as valid DNS hostnames. Mail
> hostnames never end with a dot.
Does DNS even define a "hostname"? My understanding is that this is a
"natural" term, not a technically defined one (after all, on many
systems, the "hostname" is not FQDN, et names like "foo_bar" are ok,
eventhough they can't be used as "mail" hostnames).
>
> The current behavior is correct and won't be changed.
>
> but thanks for your willingness to help and taking the effort to supply
> a patch.
>
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