The HOSTS-file

If you have a name server (DNS) in your network, you don’t need a HOST file, go to the next chapter.

Most E-mail packages can use a IP-number to specify a server, but doing so may also cause trouble - so we recommend you to use a HOST file as described below.

Simply create a file and name it HOSTS (without extension).

It should contain just one single line:

192.168.0.1 Mailgate

with a space between IP and Mailgate and the line terminated

with CR (carriage return)

The IP-number is the server IP-number, i.e. the number that you entered into the System setup - Network -tab. The name Mailgate, is arbitrary, it can be anything as long as it does not already exist in your HOST files.

Copy this file to the C:\WINDOWS directory, or wherever Windows95 is installed. If using NT, put the file in C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC

You can use this same file and copy it to each of your users on the network.

If a hosts file already exists, just add the line above to the current one.

DON’T FORGET TO END THE LINE WITH CR!