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Hi Remy,

Great stuff!!! (as usual)

Well, it seems that I am not connecting to whom I should be. I am getting a
partial response from someone, whom I must assume is the company SMTP server
(not on my computer). I get the standard communication stuff. "250 Ok." So I
must be talking to the right computer with the right protocol. Yet, my
Socket->LocalAddress = 127.0.0.1. It sure doesn't sound right. I've got a few
other programs running.... Skype, VNC Server, AVAST AntiVirus. I'm going to
knock them down 1 by 1 to see which one might be causing the communication
breakdown.

Thanks for the help! The iplookup addy will come in handy!

Rob


Remy Lebeau (TeamB) wrote:
> "Robert G. Hoover" <not.a.real.address@anywhere.sorry> wrote in
> message news:46434854$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
> 
>> I'm identifying myself to the server as Socket->LocalHost
>>
>> ehlo [192.168.0.109]
>>
>> which seems to work on my laptop where LocalAddress = 192.168.0.109
>> and does not work on my desktop where LocalAddress = 127.0.0.1.
> 
> The LocalAddress can only be 127.0.0.1 if you had connected to
> "localhost" when connecting the socket.  Is your server running on the
> same desktop machine as your client program?
> 
>> Neither of these is ideal as I think the SMTP server wants my
>> "worldview" IP address which is something like 109.76.35.22.
> 
> Actually, you should be sending your machine name, not your IP
> address.
> 
>> How can I determine my actual IP address from inside this
> TClientSocket object?
> 
> If you are directly connected to the Internet, such that your modem is
> physically plugged into your machine, then you can use
> GetAdaptersInfo() to get the IP address from the desired NIC, which
> should be the same IP that LocalAddress returns.  But if you are
> getting your Internet access through a router or gateway, then you
> will have to query an external source, such as
> http://iplookup.flashfxp.com or similar site, to get your public IP
> address.
> 
> 
> Gambit
> 
>