>Like many of you, as the expression goes, "I have to use a PC at work, >but I GET to use a Mac at home." I regularly check my company email from >home or on the road on my iBook. My email account in PowerMail's >"Incoming mail server" field has been mail.CompanyName.com, but the >Network Administrator has informed me (correctly) that I can't use that >POP server address anymore because the company has moved the mail service >to a new server which, once the name is "broadcasted", will be >"email.CompanyName.com" rather than the traditional "mail.". Until they >"broadcast" the new name, I am told that I need to use an I.P. address >(for example 12.3.456.789) in PowerMail's "Incoming mail server" field. >Of course, PowerMail won't get my mail that way. I was told that, on a >PC, I could edit the "Hosts" file to tell it to translate the I.P. >address to "email.CompanyName.com", but I can't find any such tool in Mac >OS X 10.2.6. > >Does anybody know how I can work this out (besides the obvious option of >working for a Mac-based company)? :-) > >---Jay > > You can do host files on your Mac.
In OS 9 you can assign a host file through the TCP/IP control panel with "Advanced" turned on. In OS X it requires turning on root access and adding the host in Net Info. Google OS X host setup. Richard
