In news:12162g0r9v73s51@corp.supernews.com,
Kurt <lorentzenkurt@nospam.hotmail.com> stated, which I commented on below:
> That is really interesting. I use Redhat (Fedora) for numerous things
> in our operation and have never had a problem with .local as the DNS
> suffix. In fact it's been my tradition to use .local for Windows AD
> setups for years. I'll definitely file both of these posts away for
> future reference.
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> ...kurt

I can tell you it sure was a learning experience with Macs and Rendezvous!

Ace