On Thursday, August 23, 2001, at 05:14 , Justin Simoni wrote:
> > Until your DHCP lease runs out and your IP address becomes
> invalid (or worse, is handed out to another user), at which
> point it becomes
> > "foolish foolish".
>
> that's when I tell @Home I'm just a home user, and really
> don't know what I'm doing and that AOL tech support told me to
> do it :)
Oddly enough, I have @Home too, but they gave me a static IP
even without my having asked for it. Maybe the cable operators
have some control over whether static or dynamic IPs are handed
out.
> lord if i know what DHCP stands for.
That should raise a really big red flag that says, "I don't
really know what I'm doing, so maybe it's something dangerous."
DHCP = Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.
<http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-
query.asp?String=exact&Acronym=DHCP&Find=Find>
Fully defined at <http://www.geektools.com/rfc/rfc2131.txt>
> We have an IMAP project at work - wish I new that one too.. YKWIM?
IMAP = Internet Message Access Protocol.
<http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-
query.asp?String=exact&Acronym=IMAP>
Fully defined at <http://www.geektools.com/rfc/rfc2060.txt>
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