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RE: [cobalt-users] RE: Problem sending mail



On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Adam Knowles wrote:

> Now it's OK I think I'll leave resolv.conf alone. But thanks for the
> suggestion, and I'd be interested in knowing what that file does :)

The resolver looks at /etc/hosts, then resolv.conf to resolve ip addresses
for a host name and vice-versa.
resolv.conf tells the resolver where to go to resolve queries.

Gerald
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