No, you can not replace ip.add.re.ss with a hostname
The HOSTS file is looked at prior to DNS. The format of the file must be:
ip.add.re.ss hostname
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David Gregg
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Geiser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 12:19 PM
Subject: [IMail Forum] IMail Store and Forward: Using Host Name Instead of
IP Address in HOSTS file
> Hello, All,
>
> I've been looking at the official IMail Store and Forward KB Article,
> http://support.ipswitch.com/kb/IM-19980116-DM01.htm, in anticipation of
> setting this up later today.
>
> Our Exchange Server, which I'm going to be relaying the mail to, is hooked
> up to an Internet address that has a dynamic IP address. We have a host
> name which is constantly updated to point to the correct IP address. When
> editing the "/ETC/HOSTS" file as instructed in the Store and Forward
article
> is it possible to use a "host name" in the first column of "/ETC/HOSTS"
> instead of using the IP address? Or do you have to use an IP address in
the
> first column of the "HOSTS" file?
>
> Thanks In Advance,
> Dan Geiser [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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