"Insignificant" simply refers to the part of the network mask that identifies the client machine. Those bits are "insignificant" to the network mask, in which the only "significant" bits are those that apply to the network. Common network terminology.
-Dan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rod Dorman Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 2:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Imail SPF support On Tuesday, June 29, 2004, 09:31:04, R. Scott Perry wrote: > ... (the number after the "/" indicates the number of insignificant > bits in a netmask, not part of the actual IP). I would disagree with the categorization of 'insignificant'. I'd describe it as the network prefix. The number of consecutive one bits defining the network identifying portion of the IP address (the remainder identifying the host identifying portion). -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The avalanche has already started, it is too Rod Dorman late for the pebbles to vote." ? Ambassador Kosh To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
