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for details of how search and route-only domains are used.</para>
+ <para>Note that configuring the MulticastDNS domain <literal>local</literal> as search or routing
+ domain has the effect of routing lookups for this domain to classic unicast DNS. This may be used to
+ provide compatibility with legacy installations that use this domain in a unicast DNS context,
+ against the IANA assignment of this domain to pure MulticastDNS purposes. Search and routing domains
+ are a unicast DNS concept, they <emphasis>cannot</emphasis> be used to resolve single-label lookups
+ via MulticastDNS.</para>
+
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