On 11/10/02 6:38 PM Harry D. Corsover put electrons to ether and said: >I'm on Earthlink DSL, and have a dynamic IP address. So far, at least, >I've not been prevented from sending email, regardless of a changing IP >address (it only changes when I power cycle my DSL modem and router, so >that's not often at all). >
I'm also using Earthlink (dial-up), and will dial in from one of 3 local numbers, but I figure this still is like Chris' description - Remote Access appears to show certain numbers more often, so I suspect that E-link has a bank of modems on the dial-up which get assigned IP addresses, and so long as it's one on their list, the mail goes through. I've noted that when I tried to send mail from work (Ethernet network), the mail will bounce unless I send it via work's server. I suspect that Earthlink may also have a range of IP addresses for their DSL's (shared, perhaps?) and so long as you're coming in through one on the list, the servers let you send the mail. Some DSL providers (based on my DSL-using friends' reports) may use this method since my friends report at times that their DSL "blinks" and the connection is temporarily lost/broken. In their cases, they claim that they have lost occasional e-mails. Jim Rohde Microsoft is to software as McDonald's is to beef. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
