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From: "Mark Andrews" <marka@isc.org>
Search lists are for hosts and host like things. Resolver libraries have different interfaces for different purposes. Single label hostnames for reaching non local equipment was deliberately phase out in the 1980's as it was clearly a bad concept.
Yes, and we're discussing the practical reason *why* it's a bad concept. :-) My abject apologies to everyone who didn't get that I was talking about the *source* of the problem by synecdoche. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274