Hi Neil,

you wrote in <199604091357.OAA27201@genesis.domino.org>:
> Sorry I disagree. ANY host on the internet should have reliable reverse
> DNS lookups, ...

Of course. But not every host has a permenant Internet link to use reverse
DNS all the time.

> > 2.) IP address assignments may change.
> 
> What has this to do with anything?

If the IP address is reassigned to another host you will get the wrong
hostname.

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Matthias Scheler
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