Subject: Re: networking, was Mac on Lan
To: None <fredfl2@soback.kornet.net>
From: Ken Nakata <knakata@itpjp.co.jp>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 06/23/1999 14:38:23
On Wed, 23 Jun 1999 14:06:49 +0900 (KST), guy santiglia <fredfl2@soback.kornet.net> wrote:
> 	What do I have to do to get that number 210.217.124.187 associated with
> a name that anyone can enter like this "ftp://fredfl3.howon.ac.kr" in their 
> browser and find my ftp server.  

You have to ask your school's nameserver admin to add a DNS entry for
your host to their DNS database, which I doubt they would in a school
environment.

> I used to use my ISP to send and receive mail.  But I was thinking, now that I have 
> this connection to the network of our school and a fixed address, can't I just 
> have the mail sent right to the quadra?   Would it also be possible to have 
> different email addressed for every user account on this NetBSD quadra?

Yes and yes.  However, you'd still have to use the IP address instead
of a domain name without a DNS entry.

Ken