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- From: sdorner@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Steve Dorner)
- Subject: Re: Error w/ MacTCP DNR resolving cname
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.215628.1827@qualcomm.com>
- Sender: news@qualcomm.com
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- Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
- References: <17iop7INNhbd@stanley.cis.Brown.EDU>
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 21:56:28 GMT
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- Andrew Gilmartin <Andrew_Gilmartin@Brown.Edu> writes:
- >I am using MacTCP 1.1 and having problems resolving cnames
- >(host domain name aliases). The DNR code will let me resolve a
- >cname no more than eight times.
-
- So you get 8? I've heard 7, and I used to experience 12 myself.
-
- >error? I have a work around (my own cache of resolved names),
-
- Join the club.
-
- >but would like to remove this bug. Thanks.
-
- Write your own domain name resolver. Make it a driver or app, so it can be
- shared among various apps. We'll all love you for it.
- --
- Steve Dorner, Qualcomm, Inc.
- Yes, I'm still working on Eudora and it's still free.
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