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Subject: Re: hosts file
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> should there be more in my /etc/hosts file than
>
> 127.0.0.1 localhost

That depends on if your server is public.  if you had a domain name it might
read:

127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.0.2 bob.bob.com


Andre


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