🚀 go-pugleaf

Robert Sanders <rsanders@mindspring.com> wrote:
>On Thu, 28 Mar 1996 06:37:29 GMT, s.parekh@ieee.org (Sanjay Parekh) said:
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>The value of a static IP address is somewhat overrated.  I think the
>original poster is talking about his use of e-mail addresses like
><X@username.mindspring.com>, which cause mail to be delivered directly
>to the SMTP daemon on his dialup machine.  We try to discourage that
>approach because it can lead to unpredictable mail loss and delays if
>he's not connected when delivery is attempted.
>
	I have been doing exactly that for almost a year now and haven't had
	any problems so far. I belong to at least three different mailing
	lists and regularly receive all the messages from those lists.

>then we'll have static hostnames that dynamically map themselves to
>your current IP address.  The code to do that is half written now.
>That buys you many of the benefits of a static IP address.
>
	What exactly does this mean? Someone will still be able to send me
	mail and do talks to sad@sduchene.mindspring.com?

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