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|    mark lewis to Mike Tripp    |
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|    19 Mar 12 14:44:44    |
       RW>> sysgod.org: Since Rex is hard-coded to use fnz.fidonet, it cannot        RW>> use binkp.net, but it can and does use a DNS lookup and will send        RW>> packets to the listed IP...               jc> This may not be the best solution but you might be able to hexedit the        jc> binary to change the hostname to "binkp.net"               MT> Or kludge a HOSTS entry so that fidonet resolves however you wish?               can you do something similar to CNAME in the HOSTS file? it is a DNS lookup we       are trying to handle and the DNS domain that was used no longer exists if i've       been keeping up properly...              granted, with less than 9000 nodes in fidonet now, it isn't that hard to do       but i don't know that i want to manage a HOSTS file with that many entries ;)              )\/(ark               * Origin: (1:3634/12)    |
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