Re: /etc/hosts and mutt

[Duke Normandin]

On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 06:58:03PM -0700, Dave Murray wrote:
> What are the ramifications on mutt & sendmail if I edit
> /etc/hosts?
> 
> It currently is:
>   127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
> 
> If I were to change it to:
>   127.0.0.1 bozo clown.circus
> 
> What will it mess up, make better, cause me to change?

You can use a "reserved" IP, e.g.,

10.0.0.1 bozo.clown.circus bozo
-- 
-duke

Calgary, Alberta, Canada