The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 4.0
SUMMARY
- The Domain names at which records are LOCATED (hostname for A, alias for
CNAME, domain for SOA or NS, and so forth) must always be entered by
creating the domains and entering a single part non-dotted DNS name.
This policy is to avoid confusion when someone enters a dotted, non-
Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN). Locate the domain in the tree and
enter the name.
- Domain names which are DATA in a record (NS nameserver, CNAME cannonical
name, SOA primary name server and responsible party, MX mail server, and
so forth) are always FQDNs.
This is because these fields are not necessarily in the domain at all.
This convention makes it simple; any domain name you type as RR data is
considered an FQDN.
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