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Re: Annoying dynamic DNS updates

  • From: E.B. Dreger
  • Date: Mon Sep 29 03:06:37 2003

WCS> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 00:05:36 -0500
WCS> From: "Stewart, William C (Bill), RTSLS"

[ moderately snipped ]


WCS> Some cable user's machine running default-configured MS apps
WCS> is sending Paul dynamic DNS queries that it shouldn't,

WCS> Well, default-configured Microsoft applications have an
WCS> application that lets you send a machine popup dialog boxes;

It would be amusing if said "popup spam" got Comcast's attention,
and they contacted Paul about an "urgent matter"...


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