At 12:08 PM 4/2/01 -0500, Ellen Stokes wrote: > domaincomponent = ALPHA [ *61( ALPHA / DIGIT / "-" ) ( ALPHA / DIGIT )] note that domain components have been allowed to start with digits for quite some time... domaincomponent = (ALPHA/DIGIT) [ *61(ALPHA/DIGIT/HYPHEN) (ALPHA/DIGIT) ] IIRC, hyphens are still restricted.