[cobalt-users] Re: Qube3 + Outlook Express problems

[David Buxton <david.buxton@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 3/7/01 8:12 am, "Stephen Sloan" <ssloan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Frank Hebbert" <frank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [cobalt-users] Qube3 + Outlook Express problems

>> The problems are :
>> 
>> (POP) Taking forever to connect to server, even in times of very low
> network
>> traffic, server reported unavailable though still ok for file serving.
>> 
> <SNIP>
> 
> To cure the long connect time I edited the hosts file on my Qube (a Qube 2).
> I included an entry for each of my workstations and the long wait times went
> away. I've posted the particular approach I took before, so check the
> archives.

If the connect problem is DNS-related (which makes more sense, I see now),
couldn't one also configure the DNS server via the Web interface on the Qube
with entries for the machines trying to connect?

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