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Re: Can domain names have a dash (-)?



In your email to me, Gerry Jensen, you wrote:
> 
> Recently, another company approached us requesting to take our domain name
> from us.  They claim they have it trademarked which we haven't really

Research it. IF you had the domain before they had the trademark, they
are SOL. Check with the internic.

> investigated yet.  Anyway, if we do have to change our domain name, we
> might want to change it to 'opti-med.com'.  Does anyone know if it is
> legal to have a dash (-) in a domain name?  If it is legal, could any
> problems arise from it's use (like confusing mail readers)? 

the '-' is legal, the '_' is no longer legal.

Tim

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