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Subject: Re: [aclug-L] a way to send ip address to the net on login
From: John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 16 Apr 1999 13:32:03 -0500
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"spiff" <spiff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I would just send myself an email, however my ISP changed the way it allows
> one to log into the pop3 mail server.  I can no longer access it unless I am
> logged into the ISP.  In other words even though I have an account and
> password, unless I am attempting it through their connection, I can't
> access....

What I did was set up a little thing that runs from /etc/ppp/ip-up,
generates a small HTML file with my IP address in it, and used ssh to
securely upload it to a known location on a web server.  This might
work for you, if your ISP supports ssh.

-- John


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