Re: [cobalt-users] Confused...

[SteelHead <brk@xxxxxxxx>]

SteelHead offers Carrie a pat on the back.

Carrie: thanks.  I never thought of a HOSTS file on my windows box.

Bill

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carrie Bartkowiak" <ravencarrie@xxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 4:47 AM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Confused...


> > Is there any reason why my ISPs settings would effect my connection
> to the
> > raq, but not effect my email connection to other servers?
> 
> Scott I can't offer a solution but I can offer a band-aid until you
> get things figured out.
> If you're on a windows machine (not w2k though), drop a plain-text
> file into your C:\Windows directory named "hosts" (no extention).
> In it, just put one line with your server's domain name, <tab>, and
> the server's IP addy.
> www.domain.com     xxx.xx.xxx.xxx
> 
> This will cause your machine to go straight to your server when you
> type in www.domain.com, rather than asking your ISP's cache where your
> machine is located. You might have to reboot your machine (the home
> machine, not the server) for it to take effect.
> 
> CarrieB
> 
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