Just to clarify, since Paul seems to have misunderstood, I have nothing
to do with administering slashdot.org or any of the other domains I
listed. Those were just examples. I'm not connected with them, and
they mostly have nothing to do with each other as well. And I don't
think you're going to convince all those people to switch to a more
complicated system using LDAP. You have to base your rules on the DNS
system you have, not the DNS system you wish you had.
My point was that this isn't just some weird thing I'm doing. It's a
widespread practice, and it makes little sense to embrace a rule without
checking the frequency of FPs.
Note also that the fact that wildcards allow more than one additional
level is useful too. You can't stop people from adding "www." to
everything (hell, too many of them want to add it to their e-mail
addresses), so it's good to have www.atrios.blogspot.com work as well as
atrios.blogspot.com.
Sorry if I seem overly combative. I tend to react negatively when
people propose rules that mark me as a spammer.
--
Keith C. Ivey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Washington, DC
