Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 12:58:06 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: jlemon@americantv.com (Jonathan Lemon) Cc: terry@lambert.org, jas@flyingfox.com, Anthony.Kimball@East.Sun.COM, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: (over)zealous mail bouncing Message-ID: <199707251958.MAA19948@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <19970724211950.22892@right.PCS> from "Jonathan Lemon" at Jul 24, 97 09:19:50 pm
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> > > RARP? Or was that just a belch in mid-sentence :-)? > > > > Reverse Address Resoloution Protocol. When someone connects to me, > > I can always geet the IP address they are connecting from. Using > > RARP, I can turn the address into a machine name, and compare it > > with what you tell me on the "HELO" and "MAIL FROM:" lines. > > Uh, I think that was a brain fart. RARP deals with the hardware address, > eg: the Ethernet address. You must have meant BIND. Yes, yes, it was a brain fart. 8-(. I mean reverse mapping, not RARP. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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