I think you'll find it helpful if you go read about how DNS works. -- Serge Knystautas Loki Technologies - Unstoppable Websites http://www.lokitech.com/
Chaudhuri, Hiran wrote: > Hi, David. > > Isn't it the operating system's task to determine IP-address and > DNS-servers? Either the admin configured everything for a machine, or she > chose to use DHCP on that. I never understood why a mail transfer agent like > James or Sendmail needs special settings for DNS. > > Hiran > > ----------------------------------------- > Hiran Chaudhuri > SAG Systemhaus GmbH > Elsenheimerstraße 11 > 80687 München > Germany > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phone +49-89-54742-134 > Fax +49-6151-9234-5134 > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: David Smiley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 12:47 AM >>To: James Developers List >>Subject: Re: Newsgroup integration, and other questions >> >> >> >> >>>>1: What's so wrong about sending out single innocent DHCP >>> >>UDP packet to >> >>>>query the DNS server on startup? Is that really so bad? >>> >>>Ok, but then what? >> >>To find the DNS servers so I don't have to specify this myself in the >>configuration. >> >>~ David Smiley -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
