XPost: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, comp.os.ms-windows.networking.misc   
   From: not@this.address.com   
      
   On 28/5/2017 10:48, Bert wrote:   
      
   > In news:ogf0kh$sre$1@gioia.aioe.org Stef  wrote:   
   >   
   >> but mail, ftp, etc work (they don't use DNS),   
   >   
   > Unless the IP addresses for the servers are hard-coded into the client,   
   > they certanly do.   
      
   I enter IP addresses sometimes.  Just enter and save them.  But even   
   when I enter the server "name," I think my email and ftp clients lookup   
   the IP address on first access and store them for future use, so it   
   doesn't have to look it up each time. The reason I say this is even   
   when my DNSes are "down" those clients (and usenet clent, too) still   
   work. I don't use a web browser for those tasks.   
      
   Stef   
      
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