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From: Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su>
To: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com>
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Erich Dollansky wrote:
> > > I recently ran across devio.us as a shell provider from BSDNow 
> > 
> > The people at devio.us must be crazy. I have tried to sign up out of
> > curiosity, and their web registration form replied that 'Email field
> > contains invalid characters'. What's invalid about
> > vas@mpeks.tomsk.su ?
> 
> the USSR does not exist anymore?

So what? 

$ host -t ns su.
su name server b.dns.ripn.net.
su name server a.dns.ripn.net.
su name server d.dns.ripn.net.
su name server e.dns.ripn.net.
su name server f.dns.ripn.net.
$

Which exactly character is invalid? 

> 
> With other words: political correctness.

I had assumed they were crazy. Now I am kinda sure.

-- 
Victor Sudakov,  VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN
sip:sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru