Wrong, you are thinking of lmhosts. The hosts file gets read every time a query gets made.
Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 3:29 AM Subject: RE: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] DNS Used Rather Than Hosts for Local Mail Servers > Did you REBOOT after modifying the HOSTS file? The hosts file is only read > by the operating system at the time of the system boot. If you are running > a Windows based operating system, changes made without rebooting a machine > will not be known by the OS until the machine is rebooted. > > Bruce Barnes > ChicagoNetTech > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 18:44 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] DNS Used Rather Than Hosts for Local > Mail Servers > > > The Hosts file is in the correct folder (c:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc) > and the SMTP service is using the Local System Account. When I check the > SMTP log, the IMail server looks like it will read the first domain (after > localhost) and properly use the private IP for delivery. > > If I send a message to the second domain in the Host file list (after > localhost), the send fails and the message is delivered via the gateway. > > All I can say is "Weird...." > > Also, I thought maybe there was an update so I downloaded and tried to > install the 8.02 version. I'm using the Eval 8.01 but the patch would not > install. > > Kathy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sanford Whiteman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 7:13 PM > Subject: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] DNS Used Rather Than Hosts for Local Mail > Servers > > > > > ...curious to know why IMail keeps using DNS before Hosts. > > > > Is it, in fact, using HOSTS at all? If you add a static mailroute to > > HOSTS for a domain which does not exist via DNS, does IMail then > > attempt to route using the HOSTS entry? > > > > If not, then your HOSTS file may be located in the wrong directory, or > > the impersonated service user may not have rights to the file for an > > odd reason. > > > > -Sandy > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Sanford Whiteman, Chief Technologist > > Broadleaf Systems, a division of > > Cypress Integrated Systems, Inc. > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
