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re: How the HOSTS file works
Friday, May 4, 2007 at 9:13 am
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Posted by Benoit (65 messages posted)


Actually, the hosts file exists because many years back we didn't have DNS servers. You'd have to download an updated hosts file from your ISP about every month.


Written in response to:
How the HOSTS file works (Jerry: Thursday, May 3, 2007 at 12:51 pm)

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All messages in this thread [show all]
-primary system? (ben: Wed, Apr 25, 2007, 6:06 am)
-I do. (Benoit: Wed, Apr 25, 2007, 7:55 am)
-re: I do. (Billyray: Wed, May 2, 2007, 7:00 pm)
-re: I do. (Jerry: Wed, May 2, 2007, 9:19 pm)
-re: I do. (Billyray: Thu, May 3, 2007, 6:03 am)
-How the HOSTS file works (Jerry: Thu, May 3, 2007, 12:51 pm)
*re: How the HOSTS file works (Benoit: Fri, May 4, 2007, 9:13 am)
-re: How the HOSTS file works (Billyray: Sat, May 5, 2007, 10:25 am)
-re: How the HOSTS file works (Jerry: Sun, May 6, 2007, 6:49 pm)
*re: How the HOSTS file works (Billyray: Sun, May 6, 2007, 7:55 pm)
-re: I do. (Benoit: Thu, May 3, 2007, 12:39 pm)
-re: I do. (Billyray: Sat, May 5, 2007, 10:20 am)
*re: I do. (Jerry: Sun, May 6, 2007, 6:59 pm)
*re: primary system? (KeithT: Wed, Apr 25, 2007, 3:43 pm)
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