RE: exim: FQDN != RFC1035

[Paul Sargent <Paul.Sargent@3dlabs.com>]

OK, so my FQDN doesn't match RFC1035 (the 3 at the start of 3Dlabs is
non-compliant), but that is my FQDN and I can't do anything about it. Any
suggestions?

Paul

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	John Hasler [SMTP:john@dhh.gt.org]
> Subject:	Re: exim: FQDN != RFC1035
> 
> Paul writes:
> 
> > Error: system's FQDN hostname (rook.3dlabs.com) doesn't match RFC1035
> > syntax; cannot configure the mail system.
> 
> From RFC1035:
> 
>   The labels must follow the rules for ARPANET host names.  They must
>   start with a letter, end with a letter or digit, and have as interior
>   characters only letters, digits, and hyphen.  There are also some
>   restrictions on the length.  Labels must be 63 characters or less.
> 
>