Re: domin naming convention?

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From: Leythos (void_at_nowhere.org)
Date: 10/30/04 

Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 02:30:49 GMT

In article <uPGoZphvEHA.2520@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl>,
See.My.Sig@The.Bottom.com says...
> how can i rename a domain? i didn't type .com when i made the domain. i
> just typed a domain name i.e. "Microsoft" it appended the .com automaticly.

Changing the domain is a total pain on 2000 and before, it means you are
going to have to start over for the most part. When you say that you
didn't type one, you, in effect did - by accepting the default.

I've made several mistakes in my naming systems, first was to select a
domain name of STORM.COM (since I was playing with stormy waters in my
opinion) - had lots of DNS issues with the company that owned the site
STORM.COM. Then I did a domain as just "MyCompany" with no extension -
what a mess, all sorts of problems with DNS and domain authentication...
Now, years later, I use domain.lan for local networks, even when they
provide public access. I use NAT through the firewall to map and for
SMTP I use the firewall to rename everything being sent as SMTP as
domain.com so that it resolves properly on a reverse lookup.

I don't know a simple way to rename your domain at the root level, maybe
someone here can chime in with a simple method. Once you rename the
domain I think you're going to loose all the existing user profiles and
such. 

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