> Hello mark!   
    >   
    > 19 Mar 12 14:44, mark lewis wrote to Mike Tripp:   
    >   
    >MT>> Or kludge a HOSTS entry so that fidonet resolves however you   
    >MT>> wish?   
    >   
    >ml> can you do something similar to CNAME in the HOSTS file? it is a DNS   
    >ml> lookup we are trying to handle and the DNS domain that was used no   
    >ml> longer exists if i've been keeping up properly...   
    >   
    >ml> granted, with less than 9000 nodes in fidonet now, it isn't that hard   
    >ml> to do but i don't know that i want to manage a HOSTS file with that   
    >ml> many entries ;)   
    >   
    > I was just suggesting a single entry that would remap fidonet.net to   
    > binkp.net's IP as opposed to hex-editing the hard-coded string.  Sorry I   
      
      
         Have you tried editing Window's HOSTS file?  Or whatever equivalent   
   other OS's use?   
      
      
      
    > can't test to sanity-check...don't have any downlinks that require   
    > Irex's features currently, and didn't use this particular one when I   
    > did. I would expect resolution to be handled remotely, if you can just   
    > reach the right resolver.   
    >   
    > .\\ike   
    >   
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