diff -ruBNx HTML /home/hostedsites/www.jeremykister.com/data/argus/argus-dev-20080729/Makefile.tplt /home/hostedsites/www.jeremykister.com/data/argus/argus-dev-20080810/Makefile.tplt
--- /home/hostedsites/www.jeremykister.com/data/argus/argus-dev-20080729/Makefile.tplt	2008-07-29 21:38:46.000000000 -0400
+++ /home/hostedsites/www.jeremykister.com/data/argus/argus-dev-20080810/Makefile.tplt	2008-08-10 18:27:47.000000000 -0400
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 # Created: 2002-Jun-27
 # Function: Makefile template
 #
-# $Id: Makefile.tplt,v 1.179 2008/07/30 01:38:46 jaw Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile.tplt,v 1.180 2008/08/10 22:27:47 jaw Exp $
 
-VERSION = dev-20080729
+VERSION = dev-20080810
 MESSAGE = This is unstable development code
 INSTALL = please see the INSTALL document for the next steps
 UPGRADE1 = be sure to install the new misc/argus.css and misc/argus.js files
diff -ruBNx HTML /home/hostedsites/www.jeremykister.com/data/argus/argus-dev-20080729/src/MonEl.pm /home/hostedsites/www.jeremykister.com/data/argus/argus-dev-20080810/src/MonEl.pm
--- /home/hostedsites/www.jeremykister.com/data/argus/argus-dev-20080729/src/MonEl.pm	2008-07-28 19:19:27.000000000 -0400
+++ /home/hostedsites/www.jeremykister.com/data/argus/argus-dev-20080810/src/MonEl.pm	2008-08-10 18:27:50.000000000 -0400
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Date: 2002-Apr-02 17:11 (EST)
 # Function: Monitor Element class
 #
-# $Id: MonEl.pm,v 1.161 2008/07/28 23:19:27 jaw Exp $
+# $Id: MonEl.pm,v 1.162 2008/08/10 22:27:50 jaw Exp $
 
 package MonEl;
 @ISA = qw(Configable);
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@
 	  html  => 'notif',	  
       },
       notify::autoack => {
-	  descr => 'do notifications not require ack',
+	  descr => 'automatically ack notifications',
 	  attrs => ['config', 'inherit', 'bool'],
 	  default => 'no',
 	  html  => 'notif',
diff -ruBNx HTML /home/hostedsites/www.jeremykister.com/data/argus/argus-dev-20080729/src/Resolv.pm /home/hostedsites/www.jeremykister.com/data/argus/argus-dev-20080810/src/Resolv.pm
--- /home/hostedsites/www.jeremykister.com/data/argus/argus-dev-20080729/src/Resolv.pm	2008-07-21 22:43:07.000000000 -0400
+++ /home/hostedsites/www.jeremykister.com/data/argus/argus-dev-20080810/src/Resolv.pm	2008-08-10 18:27:51.000000000 -0400
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Date: 2003-May-22 21:46 (EDT)
 # Function: caching async resolver + re-resolver
 #
-# $Id: Resolv.pm,v 1.27 2008/07/22 02:43:07 jaw Exp $
+# $Id: Resolv.pm,v 1.28 2008/08/10 22:27:51 jaw Exp $
 
 # Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.
 #   -- Homer, Odyssey
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@
 	    $cache{$h}{expire} = $^T + $et;
 	    $cache{$h}{rcode}  = $ec;
 
-	    if( $ec == 3 && $me->{resolv}{domlist} ){
+	    if( $ec == 3 && $me->{resolv}{domlist} && ($h !~ /\.$/) ){
 		# nxdomain: try search domains
 		$cache{$h}{srch} ||= $me->{resolv}{domlist};
 		$cache{$h}{srch_i} = 1 unless defined $cache{$h}{srch_i};
@@ -602,6 +602,7 @@
     }
 
     $qhost = $host;
+    $qhost =~ s/\.$//;
     # undocumented feature: '-4 www.example.com', '-6 www.example.com'
     if( $host =~ /^-(\S+)\s(.*)/ ){
         $opt   = $1;