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From: matt@mec.edu (Matt Bancroft)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Choosing a Host name
Date: 2 Jan 1997 09:47:11 GMT
Organization: MEC
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References: <59vihe$a2b@decius.ultra.net> <5a0lop$9bc@uuneo.neosoft.com> <kientzleE3DEr4.Knp@netcom.com>
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http://www.nws.net has an interesting sounding service that might help you with some of the dynamic IP problems your running into.... 

" DynamicDNS
   This services gives you a permanent address on the internet by making
   it so a sub-domain of nws.net always points to your current dynamic
   IP! "



kientzle@netcom.com wrote:
: In article <5a0lop$9bc@uuneo.neosoft.com>,
: Conrad Sabatier <conrads@neosoft.com> wrote:
: >In article <59vihe$a2b@decius.ultra.net>,
: >	kbranco@ma.ultranet.com (kenny) writes:
: >> If my only link to the Internet is a dynamic PPP dial-up, how important 
: >> is the issue of choosing a host name? 
: >
: >The thing you have to be careful of is From and Reply-to addresses in
: >mail, news, etc.

: I've also encountered this, and I'd like to be able to simply mail
: stuff from my FreeBSD system:

: Q: Is there an easy way to have ALL mail from my system have
: a (fixed) fake From and Reply-To field?  It seems that a suitable
: sendmail.cfg rule should be able to rewrite those fields, but
: I haven't found the magic incantation.  If the rewrite could be
: varied on a per-user basis, that would be a plus, but by no means
: necessary.

:                                 - Tim