Dumb??? Dept.: host alias listings?

[Derek Broughton]

David Armour wrote:

> David Hart <ubuntu <at> tonix.org> writes:
> 
>> My guess is you've installed some kind of advert/tracker blocking
>> software that's added certain domains to localhost aliases. (By aliasing
>> the domains to localhost the requests don't reach the servers.)

Interesting.
> 
> Thank you for your reply, both for jogging my memory, and for the
> explanation of one of the functions of aliasing to localhost! I wish I had
> some sort of google ability with my danged memory. I *had* installed a
> script (see below) a few weeks back.

I can see it now: "Google Memory - We remember, when you don't"!
-- 
derek