On Thu, 26 Feb 2004, Robert Collins wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-02-26 at 01:44, Greg Wright wrote:
> > Don't work around it, you should use your ISPs SMTP server to send out
> > mail........AOL is to be commended for this type of checking.
>
> What ?!?!
>
> If I ring a friend, I get a virtual circuit without having to ring my
> phone companies switchboard.
Yes, but your originating phone number doesn't change every time you make
a phone call, does it?
With a dynamic IP, your originating IP address _can_ {not necessarily
does, although on dialup it's almost a given} every time you connect.
Just to carry on your analogy, and I'm shutting up now because this is
*way* OT.
DaZZa
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