Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 17:12:20 +0100 (BST) From: William Palfreman <william@palfreman.com> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: inbox <inbox@kelleycows.com> Subject: Re: Esoteric network setup question Message-ID: <20030501170545.R309@ndhn.yna.cnyserzna.pbz> In-Reply-To: <3EAFCA1B.40500@potentialtech.com> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20030429225039.00a000e0@localhost> <3EAFCA1B.40500@potentialtech.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Bill Moran wrote: > inbox wrote: > > I have a hopefully not silly question; > > > > When I'm setting up my network, does it matter if I give the domain a > > TLD or not? Say I call my home network "myzoo". I don't ever plan on > > registering "myzoo.org" as a domain, and I don't ever plan on connecting > > to my home network from the outside (TOS of my ISP forbids servers > > anyways). Should I call it "myzoo.org" or just "myzoo" in the network > > configuration dialog or does it matter? Do any programs expect a TLD > > for the local domain? The only reason I ask is every example in every > > book I've seen has a TLD in the domain name, usually .com. > > I don't know of anything that would cause you to _need_ the TLD in the > domain name. You can probably get away without it. Hell, I've run > machines with _no_ hostname with success (although apps seem to be getting > fussier about that and it doesn't seem to work any more). I have found that fetchmail and sendmail reject mail in the form <username@tld>, where tld is a top level domain resolvable using the correctly configured LAN (primary master) nameserver, with a correct MX record. Personally I consider this a bug, but I haven't got round to identifying exactly where it occurs. Since then I've switched to using the form host.lan.domain.tld, largely because I'm planning to setup legitimate IPv6 DNS for them. Anyway, I don't use the form hostname.tld or username@tld anymore because of these issues. - -- W. Palfreman. I'm looking for a job. Read my CV at: Tel: 0771 355 0354 www.palfreman.com/william/cv-wfp2.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+sUdqlEOQDkvPqLYRArDQAJ9MhopAF++3Q+vNCzaBU00iL2dB8gCfZfpQ Bu2IJ1zrXWHncxqg8yHNdGA= =Y5uJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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