Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!hpcc05!hparc0!graham From: graham@hparc0.HP.COM (Graham Eddy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: Re: HP E-Mail Questions: Thanks Message-ID: <1510015@hparc0.HP.COM> Date: 12 Feb 91 11:16:26 GMT References: <1991Jan23.195252.19378@Neon.Stanford.EDU> Organization: the Far Edge of the Universe: Oz Lines: 10 #include > Not all of HP's machines are listed in the /etc/hosts file. very true. for example, of about 80 systems on my subnet, all defined within our DNS domain, only 4 are registered externally in others' /etc/hosts files. i strongly suggest 40,000 hosts on HP's internal IP network is an understatement -graham "yes, we DO know about BIG networks"