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Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 10:25:40 -0500 (EST)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Randall R Schulz <rrschulz AT cris DOT com>
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Subject: Re: how do I configure ssmtp on pacbell.net?
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On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Randall R Schulz wrote:

> Steve,
>
> At 23:34 2003-04-01, you wrote:
> >I'm a pacbell dsl user.  They gave me an IP address, but not a domain name.
>
> Are you sure? Perhaps they simply didn't tell you what it was.
>
> Is this you?
>
> % nslookup adsl-63-197-19-160.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net
> Server:  ...
> Address:  ...
>
> Non-authoritative answer:
> Name:    adsl-63-197-19-160.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net
> Address:  63.197.19.160
>
> Randall Schulz

Randall,

Doesn't DSL give out dynamic IPs?  If so, this means that the next time he
connects, his IP (and, therefore, his domain name) will be different.
	Igor
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