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Hunter Kelly writes:
> I thought that a trailing period was okay in fqdns?

I believe it's a hack to let people tell the resolver not to try
tacking on domains in it's search list (which is also considered a
hack, I believe).  

Disclaimer: All those "I believe"s translate to "somewhat certain but
too lazy to check".

-Sudish