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Old 06-20-2004, 02:37 AM   #1
verstapp
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linux.local


I have the line

127.0.0.2 , linux.local, linux

in my /etc/hosts file.
I know nothing about it, I didn't put it there, SuSE 9.0 install did.
However some people have occasionally got bounces when emailing me and told me that it is the linux.local part that is a no-no and that it should be replaced by something else. They didn't, however, tell me what to replace it with. Its a stand-alone machine with a DSL connection
Any ideas?
 
Old 06-20-2004, 03:37 AM   #2
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Normally only a line "127.0.0.1 localhost" should do it; other addresses should be taken care of by your ISP's DNS server.

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