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What are the valid characters for a domain?

The following represent valid characters for a domain name:

letters
numbers
hyphens "-".

Characters that are not valid in a domain are:

underscore "_"
exclamation "!"
"@"

NOTE: A domain name can be up to 63 characters long including the characters used to identify the Top Level Domain (.com, .org, .net, .info, .biz, .ca ).

Article	647
Created	12-6-2005
Modified	6-5-2007
Author	Netfirms

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