XPost: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, comp.os.ms-windows.networking.misc   
   From: not@this.address.com   
      
   On 31/5/2017 10:51, Bert wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   I really don't know for sure.  I never bother checking.  But I do know,   
   the few times the Web didn't work and I knew DNS, or lack thereof, was   
   the problem, I could still get mail, etc.   
      
   I think the OP is having a configuration problem more than anything   
   else.  I used to have a side business troubleshooting such things on   
   Windows machines. Windows has an extraordinary ability to break   
   itself. When the printer or ethernet or wireless, etc. just stop   
   working, particularly when they worked fine before the machine was   
   "turned off" the night before, settings were the first thing I   
   checked.   
      
   Stef   
      
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