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From: RUBINM@YKTVMV.BITNET ("Bill Rubin")
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: IBM MVS TCP/IP problems (host file record length too long)
Message-ID: <9003191748.AA23766@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: 19 Mar 90 15:14:40 GMT
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"Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@sayshell.umd.edu> writes:

> It seems to me that the correct way to solve this problem with long lines
> in the host table is to just get rid of the host table and use the
> domain name system instead.
>
> louie

Absolutely!  And we do provide a name server with our MVS product.  But
we still support host tables for backup (except SMTP) and because some
people still prefer to use them.

Bill Rubin
IBM TJ Watson Research