What happened to linux HOWTOs

der.hans PLUGd@LuftHans.com
Mon, 24 Apr 2000 10:32:28 -0700 (MST)


On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, J.L.Francois wrote:

> Sorry to tell you, that is not what dns helper is for.
> WHen you are running netscape it has options for synchronous
> and asynchronous DNS lookups.
> dns-helper is just another netscape memory wasting utility.

Didn't know they needed something beyond the browser for that :).

> Add the following to your $HOME/.profile or /etc/profile to
> prevent dns helper from loading the next time you start netscape:
> export MOZILLA_NO_ASYNC_DNS=True

Most cool. Thanks for the editorial correction. Next time I'll try to get
it before I go to press ;-).

ciao,

der.hans
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