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   Message 402 of 1,458   
   Roy Witt to mark lewis   
   Win Version was:   
   16 Mar 12 04:05:27   
   
   15 Mar 12 13:30, mark lewis wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
      
    jc>>> Some people stated (unless I am misunderstanding) that they paid   
    jc>>> for the 1000 node Linux version, got the key, and the software does   
    jc>>> not even execute on Linux.   
      
    ml>> no... the problem is that it cannot perform domain name lookups   
    ml>> because it uses an old method that is no longer supported by the   
    ml>> newer libs... it works just fine with IP numbers, though...   
    ml>> especially since there is no DNS lookup for them ;)   
      
    RW>> DNS lookups in the Windows version works just fine.   
      
    ml> right... i was speaking of the linux flavor of IREX...   
      
   Since there are 4 OS versions of Rex, please state in your messages which   
   one you're referring to. Telling a Win OS user that Rex doesn't do   
   something (while speaking of Linux) leads some people a-stray.   
      
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