11 Jun 16 15:25, you wrote to Allen Prunty:   
      
    AI> I used to use the linux version of irex under kernel 2.4. When the 2.6   
    AI> kernel went mainstream irex stopped working. I don't know why that is   
    AI> exactly but I could never overcome that.   
      
   that was due to the implemention of a new way of looking up DNS addresses...   
   the format changed and those programs that didn't fell back to requiring IP   
   addresses instead of domain names... i don't recall if that was ever fixed   
   with a new release, though...   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
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