From: Peter H. Coffin (no email)
Date: Sun Jan 04 2004 - 20:29:19 EST
On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 11:54:28PM -0600, Jay Maynard wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 11:40:55PM -0600, Peter H. Coffin wrote:
> > > Note that you can verify my hostname. Furthermore, you can verify that
> > > it evaluates to the same IP address that is connecting to you. What it
> > > does not do is evaluate to a hostname obtained from a rDNS lookup. But
> > > that's simply because I didn't want to impose on my ISP.
> >
> > Why not? It's about a 1 minute update and never has to be touched again.
>
> Not all ISPs will do this. Mine won't. Neither will the only other ISP
> providing DSL service in my town.
We've been through this before, Jay. (: A mail server doesn't have to
live in your den to be yours. And all the ISPs that serve your town do
provide relay services for their customers, and will cheerfully send
your mail to Greg for you.
--
69. All midwives will be banned from the realm. All babies will be delivered
at state-approved hospitals. Orphans will be placed in foster-homes, not
abandoned in the woods to be raised by creatures of the wild.
--Peter Anspach's list of things to do as an Evil Overlord
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