Hello Allie, On Mon, 23 May 2005 16:24:26 -0500 GMT (24/05/2005, 04:24 +0700 GMT), Allie Martin wrote:
AM> TB! uses the domain name of the sender address. What if it's AM> 'yahoo.com' or 'gmx.net'? These aren't at all unique either. :) To post in the usenet, you need to own an FQDN (fully-qualified domain name). I have one, just for the usenet. If you use domains like gmx or yahoo, actually they must ensure that the mid is unique. Since this isn't as important in email as in news postings, the usually workaround is to use the time stamp (down to a hundredth second or so) plus a random number before the domain, and that will in all practical circumstances be unique. I am not sure that 192.x.x.x qualifies as an FQDN. In fact, I'm pretty sure it doesn't and you'd be flamed in the usenet. Luckily, we are not in the usenet. This is not the first time I'm having a hard time explaining the difference between a newsgroup and a mailing list, and I left out some stuff. I hope the principle is clear though. >> I just add the sentence of the IP because I din't see that yet. But >> as we all agree that it is (very) legal, I suggest we stop topic here >> :-). AM> Yup. Nice to wrap that one up quickly. :) It's not OT. It's about TB handles mids, and when you use TB with MyGate to post to newsgroups, this is very on-topic. -- Cheers, Thomas. Things You Would Never Know Without the Movies: Police Departments give their officers personality tests to make sure they are deliberately assigned a partner who is their total opposite. Message reply created with The Bat! 3.5 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 ________________________________________________________ Current beta is (none) | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
