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    On 2019 Jun 14 14:48:12, you wrote to me:   
      
    ml>> really???   
      
    BF>    Yes. Really. To quote Michiel:   
      
    BF>    "For a server you need a stable routable public IP address."   
      
   my systems were quite stable as was my POTS connection... it was just slow   
   compared to others'...   
      
    ml>> i've always done that as long as i've had a public IP address... it   
    ml>> was a simply matter of updating my DDNS entry and that was done by   
    ml>> running a tool that stayed in the background and handled the updates   
    ml>> automatically... yes, i ran servers on my dialup... most of the time,   
    ml>> the new IP spread through the network within minutes... no problem   
    ml>> and it worked quite well...   
      
    BF> Doesn't seem very stable to me.   
      
   it was perfectly stable... stayed online with the same IP for weeks...   
      
    BF> I guess we have different demands on our servers? YMMV   
      
   apparently some drink more koolaid than others ;)   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
   Always Mount a Scratch Monkey   
   Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it   
   wrong...   
   ... 51. Never be the last one in the pool.   
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