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From: feisal@tstt.net.tt
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: resolv.conf question
Date: 2 Jan 1996 10:23:32 -0400
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>Inside /etc/resolv.conf my domain name is listed. But now I have two
>domain names on this network, both being name served by this machine.
>Should I put both domain names in /etc/resolv.conf?
>
>Doug Lerner,
The "domain" in the /etc/resolv.conf says what is your default
domain i.e. what will be appended by default to any DNS query. It
has nothing to do with what domains you are serving, although
you would be in the domain that you are serving but this is not 
always the case.

-Feisal