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From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To: jimmy martin <hate00@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: domainname
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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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