Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 21:57:27 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@freebsd.org> To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Free pizza & beer for GCC Guru in or near Berlin Message-ID: <199604191957.VAA03006@vector.jhs.no_domain> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 18 Apr 1996 22:47:14 %2B0200." <199604182047.WAA02211@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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Hi Joerg,
CC chat@freebsd.org (PS plse leave jhs@ on cc line, I don't think I'm on chat@
(I'll resubscribe))
Reference:
> From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
>
> p.s.: Julian, your address displayed as:
>
> jhs@vector.jhs.no_domain (Julian Stacey jhs@freebsd.org)
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Yes because,
- Every time I connect to the Internet, it is via an ISP that dynamicaly
assigns me a different host IP number each connection occurence.
- I can't ask the ISP to provide any more than what it already does,
(for non technical reasons, don't ask ;-)
- Various bits of my system seem to need a domain entry,
(I have a few boxes here, not just one).
- {Friends,aliases & programs} sometimes send mail from here, so I can't
simply set the sendmail.cf host masquerade
DMfreebsd.org
to cope with my jhs originated mail, else for instance
friends would appear to be friend_of_jhs@freebsd.org,
which when it bounced would waste the time of postmaster@freebsd.org.
So:
- I assert my mail fields:
From: Julian H. Stacey <jhs@freebsd.org>
Reply-To: Julian H. Stacey <jhs@freebsd.org>
- I have set my domain to an obviously false one to encourage people
to ignore it & look further,if it bounces.
- I realise it looks weird when seen in received-from lines etc.
- I used to use jhs.org, that wasnt' spotted by humans, but caused bounces
when poor mail reader programs selected the wrong field.
Then I used jhs.local, but `local' caused some problem at the site where
Don Libes (ports/lang/expect author) is.
I know paying more, getting a fixed IP name/number are an option, but I'd
prefer to stay using my low budget dynamic connection for now :-)
I know dynamic IP allocation is not unique to me ... what do others do ?
Any solutions out there ?
Julian
--
Julian H. Stacey jhs@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/
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