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Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 11:02:27 +1200
From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz>
To: Kevin <kevinw@charleston.quik.com>
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On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, Kevin wrote:

>  In Linux, I can type in>
> 
> % telnet ppp12345.aolsucks.com
>  "ppp12345.aolsucks.com" being my current dynamic address.
> 
> <and that will let me telnet to my own machine without problem.

If your DNS/resolv.conf settings are correct, this will work on
FreeBSD as well.
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Jonathan Chen
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