Unable to read etc/hosts file

[Gautham Nalamada]

I have an account on a silicon graphics machine which does not have a
proper /etc/hosts file, so I am unable to either send mail or have
contact with the outside world. Hence I ftped a recently upgraded
hosts file and put in the etc subdir of my home dir. 

Now my question is how do I get the  mail and other deamons
to read the internet addresses from my hosts file, etc/hosts
and not the /etc/hosts file.

I have added the path of my etc dir in my .login, but I still 
am unable to get mail to read of my hosts file.

What am I doing wrong, or is it impossible to get mail to do that.
I am using csh.           

Please send e-mail to the addresses given below:-

ccastgn at pyr.gatech.edu or
ccastgn at prism.gatech.edu

Thanks.

Gautham
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Gautham Nalamada
Georgia Insitute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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