At 08:40 PM 7/18/99 -0700, you wrote:
>At 11:20 PM 7/18/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>
>>Bill, you miss the point. Your ISP (europa.com) told you to set your DNS
>>server entries to some specific addresses when you signed up. Those
>>arbitrary entries are set within your computer's settings, and have little
>>to do with what ISP you are using.
>
>I certainly did. I've been assuming that those entries went to europa.com's
>NEXT
>level echelon (which used to be RainNet), and then THEY did the DNS bit, in
>the
>same way that I used to select from europa's list of newsgroups (before
>learning
>that life is too short to read any of them).
>>
>>If you are using a Microsoft product, you have the choice to add whatever
>>DNS servers you choose. Most *people* (not consumers) simply blindly put
>>the entries as provided by their ISP. You have the choice, however, as to
>>where you point. Again, it is a *marketing* issue - you are not aware of
>>how simple it is to do, and no *marketing* has been done to inform you as
>>to how it can be done.
>
>I'm a Netscape type, and avoid Microsoft as much as I can in the face of
>its monopoly (seekers after alternative roots, etc., should understand the
>feeling).
>>
>>It is an easy thing to demonstrate. Many users on this list are already
>>doing it.
>
>Gene: Later this week when I have time, I'll send you what I have for DNS
>right now and maybe you'd be good enough to tell me what they are. ?
>:-)
>
Be happy to, Bill, but it won't have anything to do with Netscape. It will
be set in your OS.
Let me know later this week.
>Bill
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Gene Marsh
president, anycastNET Incorporated
330-699-8106
