Posted by George Hester on 01/19/25 11:28

You do not need HOSTS.sam at all. Why did you get that? It is not what you
want. You want a HOSTS file not HOSTS.sam. There are many HOSTS files in
here. Here is one I trust Perseus:

#start here

127.0.0.1 localhost

# WinMX Missing DNS fix to make it work $Revision 2.00$
# This well change over time and hopefully some day be
# eliminated all together - SABre'911

205.238.40.1 winmx.com
205.238.40.1 www.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 err.winmx.com

205.238.40.1 c3310.z1301.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3311.z1301.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3312.z1301.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3313.z1301.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3314.z1301.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3315.z1301.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3316.z1301.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3317.z1301.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3318.z1301.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3319.z1301.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3310.z1302.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3311.z1302.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3312.z1302.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3313.z1302.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3314.z1302.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3315.z1302.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3316.z1302.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3317.z1302.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3318.z1302.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3319.z1302.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3310.z1303.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3311.z1303.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3312.z1303.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3313.z1303.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3314.z1303.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3315.z1303.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3316.z1303.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3317.z1303.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3318.z1303.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3319.z1303.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3310.z1304.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3311.z1304.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3312.z1304.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3313.z1304.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3314.z1304.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3315.z1304.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3316.z1304.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3317.z1304.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3318.z1304.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3319.z1304.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3310.z1305.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3311.z1305.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3312.z1305.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3313.z1305.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3314.z1305.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3315.z1305.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3316.z1305.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3317.z1305.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3318.z1305.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3319.z1305.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3310.z1306.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3311.z1306.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3312.z1306.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3313.z1306.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3314.z1306.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3315.z1306.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3316.z1306.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3317.z1306.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3318.z1306.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3319.z1306.winmx.com

205.238.40.1 c3520.z1301.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3521.z1301.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3522.z1301.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3523.z1301.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3524.z1301.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3525.z1301.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3526.z1301.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3527.z1301.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3528.z1301.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3529.z1301.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3520.z1302.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3521.z1302.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3522.z1302.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3523.z1302.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3524.z1302.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3525.z1302.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3526.z1302.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3527.z1302.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3528.z1302.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3529.z1302.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3520.z1303.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3521.z1303.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3522.z1303.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3523.z1303.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3524.z1303.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3525.z1303.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3526.z1303.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3527.z1303.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3528.z1303.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3529.z1303.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3520.z1304.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3521.z1304.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3522.z1304.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3523.z1304.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3524.z1304.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3525.z1304.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3526.z1304.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3527.z1304.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3528.z1304.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3529.z1304.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3520.z1305.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3521.z1305.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3522.z1305.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3523.z1305.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3524.z1305.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3525.z1305.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3526.z1305.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3527.z1305.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3528.z1305.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3529.z1305.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3520.z1306.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3521.z1306.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3522.z1306.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3523.z1306.winmx.com
205.238.40.1 c3524.z1306.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3525.z1306.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3526.z1306.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3527.z1306.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3528.z1306.winmx.com
82.195.155.5 c3529.z1306.winmx.com

#end here

You put this in a New text file rename hosts.txt or HOSTS.txt for Windows
95\98\ME. Go to Windows Explorer | navigate to and select C:\Windows
(assuming Windoows 95\98\ME) or C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc (assuming
Windows XP) or C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\etc (assuming Windows NT4\2000) |
right-click in right side window | New | text file | rename it like I said
above.

Open this in Notepad dbl-click it. In this message select the above |
right-click | copy. Then in the open Notepad window put your cursor in it |
Edit | Paste. Make sure there is a carriage return at the end. Then File |
Save. Now go back to that window on right-side in Windows Explorer select
hosts.txt (or HOSTS.txt as the case may be) right-click | Rename | remove
the txt extension. Close all open browsers. Now fire up WinMX you are
done.

--

George Hester
_________________________________
"Dave Skipper" <das216@NOSPAMMYMAMMY.net> wrote in message
news:jaGdndmjy-Bt29zeRVn-tg@adelphia.com...
> I tried to follow instructions here:
> http://accs-net.com/hosts/how_to_use_hosts.html. I now have HOSTS.sam
> in my Windows directory. The .sam file is exactly like the one posted
> on the said link.
>
> I think I need to find host to add to the HOSTS.sam file.
>
> I'm not a geek so bear with me.

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