Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2006 14:47:24 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Ro BGCT <robgct@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Confused on how to properly set /etc/hosts Message-ID: <44D5F2EC.5090901@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <1414d640608060624k67066ca9i90db6e6bcc7699fa@mail.gmail.com> References: <1414d640608060624k67066ca9i90db6e6bcc7699fa@mail.gmail.com>
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