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   Message 12,725 of 14,669   
   Glen Herrmannsfeldt to SpreadTooThin   
   Re: hostname vs hostname.local   
   18 Feb 09 18:04:59   
   
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   From: gah@ugcs.caltech.edu   
      
   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.)   
      
   -- glen   
      
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