Re: TROLL

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From: PA Bear (PABear_at_mvps.org)
Date: 08/14/04 

Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 21:50:36 -0400

anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > "jopa66" <j0pa66@hotmail.com.NO.SPAM.ME> wrote in message
> > news:%239MTWpTgEHA.3548@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > > It is not the same person, the posts are from people using the web
> > > > based newsgroups. The tip off is the CDO in the headers. All posts
> > > > from the web based newsgroups will have CDO in the headers.
> > > >
> > >
> > > But is there a good
> > > reason why the IP address is always 10.40.1.29 10.40.1.163
> > > 10.40.1.165
> > > 10.40.1.164 10.40.1.164 10.40.1.161
> >
> > Yes, because the system(s) that hands the message from the web based
> > reader to the NNTP servers have IP addresses in the 10.40.1.* network.
> > When an NNTP client hands a message to an NNTP server, the server
> > records the IP address for the NNTP-Posting-Host.
> >
> > The newer version of the web based reader does track the original
> > posters IP address in the X-WBNR-ADDRESS (I think that's the custom
> > header, anyways.)
>
> Thanks for the info, John. When will the new version of
> the web based reader be coming out? I hope it has other
> helpful features like search by message IDs and post sort
> order options! :)

Communities2 Web Interface (aka WebNews v2.x; v3 is scheduled for release in
Nov-03 <bwaa-ha-ha>)
http://communities2.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx

John (aka jopa66): The following page may bring you up to speed:

Help with Web-based Newsreaders
(or What Users of the Web Interface Have To Put Up With)
http://www.microsoft.com/library/gallery/components/wn/2/locales/help_en-US.htm

You'll wonder how new users even manage to *post* a question, let alone
phrase it properly or be able to find out how to see responses. 

-- 
~PA Bear
www.thanks4thatJohnE.mvp

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