[ale] underscored server names

[esoteric at 3times25.net (Geoffrey)]

Preston Boyington wrote:
> would someone mind telling me why an "_" in a server name would cause
> trouble?  i've not noticed it before, but with some email programs
> (mozilla thunderbird) it is raising sand about the server name
> (email_server).  it doesn't do this with a "-" and i was wondering if
> i was breaking some rule/law/karma.

Broken karma for sure:

http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc952.html

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