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Re: how do I configure ssmtp on pacbell.net?


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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