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Date:      Sun, 27 Feb 2000 22:41:54 -0800
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        jimmy martin <hate00@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: domainname
Message-ID:  <20000227224154.K21720@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <20000228054801.23235.qmail@hotmail.com>; from hate00@hotmail.com on Mon, Feb 28, 2000 at 05:48:01AM %2B0000
References:  <20000228054801.23235.qmail@hotmail.com>

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* jimmy martin <hate00@hotmail.com> [000227 22:18] wrote:
> I can telnet to my box using my new domain name but when i get online like 
> on irc it still shows up as my isp provided host name.  How do i get it to 
> show the new name i just bought?

You need to have your ISP make a PTR record so your IP resolves to
the new domain.

-Alfred


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