plug@emptiedout.com wrote: > Michael Havens wrote: > >> This experience setting up the printer is cool. What other neat things can you >> do with localhost.localdomain? >> > > I port-forward my pop3, smtp, and nntp sessions via ssh(google "ssh port > forwarding"), so I have localhost:9110, localhost:9025 and > localhost:9119 in various clients on my laptop. I do the same with VNC > connection so I can access my home fileserver from wherever I am. It's > cool to be able to start a download, shut down my laptop, finish my > coffee and go home, just to have it waiting for me :) > > Another cool thing with localhost is to use it as a delopment > environment with something like apache, mysql, whatever running on your > local box. > > ~Empty > I think you can also use webmin using the localhost (:10000) or something like that. I haven't used webmin in a very long time.