In <[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] writes:
 
> > On Wed, 15 May 1996 07:52:00 +0500 Alan AMBERS said:
> > >Some time on Tuesday, Jeff said  [boy, I wish my mailer would do this]
> >                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >                                   [talk to Chris :-) ]
>
> I think it is more of a HP Opendesk GUI problem, vs DESKLINK, but I would
> love to have Chris tell me I'm wrong.
 
I think what Jeff was referring to was that in NetMail, when you REPLY to
a message, it copies the original text into the new message for you,
appropriately indented with ">"s... That functionality is strictly a function
of the user interface (NetMail vs HPDesk/HPDesk GUI). Most Un*x mailers also
act similarly when REPLYing.
 
> > >> Bottom line -- if your machines are initiating lots of connections with
> > >> (an)other 3000(s) you might improve the connection time by leaving probe
> >        ^^^^^
> > >I was not specific enough on my original post.  I am refering to PCs
> > >connecting to HP3000, NOT HP3000 to HP3000.
> >
> > In that case no, you need not worry about probe unless you have some really
> > ancient, arcane NS/VT terminal emulator that expects probe to be present.
> > But if you have your choices with your PC TCP stacks, be sure to make them
> > do name resolution in hosts, DNS, probe sequence (I think WRQ defaults to
> > probe first).
> >
> > Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]>
>
> I just looked at the WRQ setting options and they are:
>
> Hosts file only
> Hosts file, than DNR
> DNR, then hosts file
> DNR only
>
> The default is DNR, then Hosts file.
 
The above is from the TCP/IP settings area of RNS. If you also look in the
"HP3000 settings" area (assuming you're running RNS for windows), you'll also
see the following choices:
 
  o Do not use Probe
  o Use probe BEFORE Domain Name Search
  o Use probe AFTER Domain Name Search
 
Personally, I like DNS but don't like to put all my eggs in one basket.
Probe's probably a little faster, and as some of us have HP3000 node names
that may not match DNS names, I say the easier (and faster) the users can
connect to their friendly-neighborhood HP 3000, the better. [Quick summary;
I use probe BEFORE DNS.]
 
             -Chris Bartram