Miata Mailing List: November 1995, Message #134
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   From: kjwalker@rsoc.rockwell.com
Subject: Re: Yahoo
   Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 16:29:39 -0500

     A "DNS" is a "Domain Name Server" and its a server that usually holds 
     a huge list of other servers it can see on the web.  Think of it as 
     your "table of contents" server.  Whoever administers it could have 
     filtered YAHOO out so nobody could see it... or, the yahoo server 
     could have been down...  try it again, I got right in!
     
     kjw &
     TIC-TAC


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Subject: Yahoo
Author:  Phredd  at INTERNET
Date:    11/2/95 3:07 PM


Hey, gang:
     
I tried to go to the Yahoo Automobiles Page this morning theoretically 
located at my bookmark address of:
     
     http://www.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Automobiles
     
I think I originally got there from the Miata.Net page but only the 
CyberOne knows for sure. Anyway, all I could get from repeated tries was 
this dialog box:
     
     Netscape is unable to locate the server: 
     www.yahoo.com
     This server does not have a DNS entry.
     Check the server name in the location (URL) and try again.
     
Since I'm a Macintosh type and not a *real* computer geek, I haven't a 
clue what any of this means. To me, a "DNS entry" sounds like something 
that'd make you yell, "Yahoo."
     
Does anybody know where my Yahoo has gone?
     
     
     
PS:  Of course, it could be my ISP. I've learned that "Infinet" suggests 
the number of problems subscribers can expect to experience there.
     
Keep the Revs up!
     
Phredd
     
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Fred Donour, Jr.
XCIII Red A - (Li'l Darlin')
     
Norfolk/Virginia Beach, Virginia
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