When using SRV records, Minecraft Client sends the FQDN to the server, including the trailing period.

For example:

>>> dig +short SRV _minecraft._tcp.smp1.emc.gs
10 5 25565 playsmp1.emc.gs.

The server receives "playsmp1.emc.gs."

Client also will read the value with the trailing ., so mods that store files with the server name uses the extra period, and the server will also see the period when doing things based on the hostname.

This should be resolved so that SRV records and A records behave the same.