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Walden, > As others have pointed out, a local HOSTS table will allow you to > override the DNS entries and do "special" things, however in the long > run I think these "special" things will just cause more trouble than > their worth. I don't advocate it except for personal use cases like mine where I'm well aware of the consequences and understand the implications. I agree you rarely would want to use a local HOSTS table in a corporate environment. But it does work good for eliminating some otherwise annoying behavior from some websites... Doug
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