On Fri, 16 Feb 2001 wojtek@wojtek.from.pl wrote:

> >
> > Ah - in that case, I think you have found the source of the problem,
> > as (from the outside world) 212.45.238.198 is your IP address if you
> > are sending without relays (and that much is confirmed I think)...
>
> then problem is that 212.45.238.198 is not my IP, never have been my IP
> and its completely unknown IP for my

Bu clearly something wacky is going on - could 212.45.238.198 be somekind of
transparant proxy/firewall?

also:

> traceroute 212.45.238.198
[snip]
15  * atm4-0-0-1.gda-cr1.net.formus.pl (212.45.224.9)  402.474 ms  130.649 ms
16  pub.bb1.gda.formus.pl (212.45.234.10)  109.120 ms  147.076 ms  178.573 ms
17  N212045238198.unregistered.formus.pl (212.45.238.198)  428.590 ms
433.702 ms  605.828 ms

> traceroute wojtek.from.pl
[snip]
15  * 213.25.5.90 (213.25.5.90)  183.848 ms  199.391 ms
16  * ppp218.gdynia.tpnet.pl (194.204.133.218)  300.537 ms  197.318 ms
17  n212045238198.unregistered.formus.pl (212.45.238.198)  494.429 ms * 509.191 ms
18  n212045238198.unregistered.formus.pl (212.45.238.198)  3620.662 ms !H 3367.825 ms !H  3608.126 ms !H


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