> You surprise me, sir! I expected a more Microsoftesque 
> solution. Wouldn't
> putting them in the restricted sites do the trick? 

And start again from zero every time I bring up a new machine or replace the OS? Copying 'hosts' from one machine to another takes a few seconds. Or, if the setup supports it (here's your "Microsoftesque" solution), after initial configuration DFS replication takes zero seconds.

> There is a rather long list of these, apparently updated just 
> before each
> leap year, at http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~atman/spam/adblock.shtml,

Thanks for the pointer. A pretty impressive list; I wonder if they ever take anything out?

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