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   Message 12,724 of 14,669   
   Barry Margolin to Glen Herrmannsfeldt   
   Re: hostname vs hostname.local   
   18 Feb 09 20:26:35   
   
   From: barmar@alum.mit.edu   
      
   In article ,   
    Glen Herrmannsfeldt  wrote:   
      
   > SpreadTooThin wrote:   
   > (snip)   
   >   
   > > I guess that makes sense....   
   > > Can I define a domain name for my 'intranet'?   
   >   
   > Run a local nameserver for internal hosts.  It will answer   
   > for the hosts in knows, and forward others to your ISPs   
   > nameserver.  (You have to put the ISPs nameserver address   
   > in the configuration file.)   
      
   Or leave them out and it will just do the recursive resolution itself.   
      
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   Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu   
   Arlington, MA   
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