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From: jens@corp.mot.com (Jens von der Heide)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: MactTCP & Hosts File
Summary: Host names don't seem to be cached
Keywords: MacTCP,hosts
Message-ID: <1990Sep7.231816.13104@corp.mot.com>
Date: 7 Sep 90 23:18:16 GMT
Organization: Motorola Inc., Software Research and Development, Rolling Meadows, IL
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	I have been using Mews 1.4.1 and HyperMail 1.0b2 with MacTCP and
I can't get either to recognize hosts in the hosts file without specifying
a name server for MacTCP.  Although I have checked the host entries
very carefully in the Hosts file, both of these HyperCard programs will
not recognize hosts in that file.

	I am have installed MacTCP version 1.0.1....In the text of the
hosts file it says:

  ;Hosts
  ;This file is parsed by the MacTCP domain name resolver and the resource
  ;records are loaded into the resolver's cache


	Is it a problem with MacTCP, or the XCMDS these programs are using ??
Am I mistaken in by belief that "cached" hosts do not require a query to the
name server ?? Our GaterMail-Q seems to handle the hosts file correctly...

	Thanks for any insight.

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