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   From: bert@iphouse.com   
      
   In news:oghre5$1ctf$1@gioia.aioe.org Stef  wrote:   
      
   > 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   
      
   If they do, it's a bad idea.   
      
   Many large-scale systems (and some small ones) have multiple IP   
   addresses and rotate the way they appear to DNS requests in order to   
   balance user load.   
      
   They'll also take addresses out of rotation if systems are down.   
      
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