Sorry Kirk that wasn't meant to be a "swipe atchya" Should have put an FYI
and a (:->) in front of it...
I agree about the logic of location of useful stuff in BSOD (Blue Screen of
Death) OS. I think they just throw it out onto a table and whatever
directory or panel it ends up near that is where it goes! (:->)
-V
----- Original Message -----
From: K Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, July 03, 1999 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: R: [IMail Forum] Store and Forward for customer
> At 01:50 PM 7/3/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >> the domain, just in the WinNT/system32/drivers/etc/hosts file(I have no
> >> idea why it's in such an obscure place<g>). The receiving mail server
> >is...
> >
> >The hosts file (buried deep in the mines of the BSOD OS) is a feature of
the
> >NT OS there originally to deal with DNS weaknesses and still there to
speed
> >resolution of names for static addresses.
>
> I'm not argueing the value of it's existance, just wondering why such a
> useful item is tucked in such an obscure location. Next you'll find
> named.boot in a highly intuitive place like c:\program
> files\games\you_dont_know_jack\plugins\ ;o)
>
>
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