I thought in the chain of resolving a name your box would query the host
file first, then move to sources outside of itself, like the DNS server it
is pointing to.
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 9:41 AM
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Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] is there a FAQ on Relaying / Locking down?
I'm not Len, but here you go: Windows (actually all systems) has to have a
way to resolve the name of your mail server (such as mail.mysite.com ) to an
IP address. The HOSTS file is a static replacement for DNS and is used if
your system cannot resolve the name by any other means.
The hosts file can be found in c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc directory. It
is a text file and should be saved in the same directory as HOSTS (do not
put an extension on the file).
The format is very simple:
If your mail server name is mail.mysite.com , and that server's IP
address is 10.0.0.4 then the entry would look like this:
10.0.0.4 mail.mysite.com
That is it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 8:29 AM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] is there a FAQ on Relaying / Locking down?
> Len:
>
> Could you elaborate on #5 below?
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Len Conrad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 5:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] is there a FAQ on Relaying / Locking down?
>
>
>
> > 5. Put your default Imail hostname and ip in NT/W2K hosts file.
> >
> > Len
> >
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