RE: ads.midrange.com

["Bale, Dan" <D.Bale@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Title: RE: ads.midrange.com

Thanks Peter!  My HOSTS file did not have these comments.  I copied and pasted the ones you posted into mine.

Dan Bale
IT - AS/400
Handleman Company
248-362-4400  Ext. 4952
D.Bale@Handleman.com
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-------------------------- Original Message --------------------------

-----Original Message-----
From:   Peter Dow [SMTP:pcdow@yahoo.com]
Sent:   Thursday, August 09, 2001 6:06 PM
To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject:        Re: ads.midrange.com

RE: ads.midrange.comHi Dan,

My HOSTS file has a comments section at the beginning that explains the
format:

# Copyright (c) 1993-1995 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows NT.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host
#

hth,
Peter Dow
Dow Software Services, Inc.
909 425-0194 voice
909 425-0196 fax

From: Bale, Dan
What is the format of the entries in the HOSTS file?  Is it strictly IP
address followed by a name?  Are there other options?