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Subject: Re: What's in a name?
From: Rich Pieri <rich . pieri @ prescienttech . com>
Date: 15 Oct 1997 15:01:48 -0400
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In-reply-to: David Lee's message of "Wed, 15 Oct 1997 12:54:56 +0100 (BST)"
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>>>>> "DL" == David Lee <T.D.Lee@durham.ac.uk> writes:

DL> One of our users wishes to have a new list whose name contains a "." 
DL> (period, dot).

Well, he cannot.  Majordomo uses "." to distinguish certain support files
for the list.  A list with a "." in the name will cause the list to break
into a bazillion pieces.

Besides, convention is to use a "-" for list names composed of several
words.

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