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Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 07:33:31 -0800
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From: Randall R Schulz <rrschulz AT cris DOT com>
Subject: Re: how do I configure ssmtp on pacbell.net?
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At 07:25 2003-04-02, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>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


Igor,

In my experience, even systems using DHCP will keep giving a given MAC 
the same DHCP address when the host's lease is renewed.

If not, my scripts for adapting to changing IP / DNS on dial-in lines 
(posted earlier and available again, if desired) would handle 
configuring SSMTP in the rare case that the IP and DNS change.

Randall Schulz


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