Date: 04 Feb 98 22:46:05 +0100 From: leifn@image.dk (Leif Neland) To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: why must POP clients have a resolvable IP ? what about dynamic IPs Message-ID: <ee3_9802050122@swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk> References: <3.0.32.19980204144059.0093b100@peace.com.my>
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At 04 Feb 98 07:18:33 chas wrote regarding why must POP clients have a resolvable IP ? what about dynamic IPs c> I'm sure we've all seen this error message before : c> c>>> popper[14612]: (v2.2) Unable to get canonical name of client, c> err = 0 c> c> But the people who are collecting their mail via POP from our c> mailserver are accessing the web through the local ISP (which is c> not us.) and hence they have dynamic IPs. Is there any way to c> solve this in such circumstances ? Even if they have a dynamic IP, it should resolve to something, perhaps like dialin27.some.isp some.isp really should fix their dns. But the question remains: Why does popper want to resolve the ip? Leif Neland leifn@image.dk --- |Fidonet: Leif Neland 2:234/49 |Internet: leifn@image.dk
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