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From: davidtay@interport.net (David Tay)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: multiple xxx.org on a same freebsd server
Date: 18 Nov 1995 01:48:10 -0500
Organization: Interport Communications Corp.
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Christopher Rousseau (chris@mail.cybernet.fr) wrote:
: i heard that it was possible to let manage multiple domains names on the same
: machine ( for use with HTTPD ).
: if anybody knows how to get on with it, please help me! thanks

: 				G. Pithioud will@cybernet.fr

Do you mean "host" name? If so, all you have to do is tell your provider 
or the guy who administers the DNS to add a cname entry for your machine. 
The net works on IP numbers. IP numbers can have more than one host name.

--David Tay