On Wed, Jul 26, 2000 at 10:20:28PM -0700, Harry Putnam wrote:
! > local-user@localhost (where localhost is a domain name with an A
! > record to 127.0.0.1---localhost has to be listed in control/locals).
!
! What is an A record?
An A record in DNS maps a domain name to an IPv4 address. If you have
installed djbdns, the dnsip utility can do A record lookups.
[Re: luser]
! Maybe I should just say `local user', but after reading the comments
! at the page you sight several times, and eventhough the first line
! says it means the same as `loser'. The whole rest of the dialog there
! seems to indicate that in fact it does mean `local user'.
You are entitled to your opinion, as I am to mine. I won't argue this
further though, since it's off-topic. You're free to pursue this via
private mail, if you want. :-)
---Chris K.
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