On 01/10/00, Daniel Senie <dts@senie.com> wrote:

There exists a DHCP option for specifying the SMTP server for a client to use (option 69). This could be used in the case of DSL and cable modems, but I'm unaware of anyone actually using it. I also haven't seen anything to lead me to believe mail client applications have any way to get this from the local system should the value be negotiated.

Yes, I was about to post this as well. In fact, DHCP has all sorts of room for specifying things like this...but we have yet to see 'em implemented anywhere. The days of upgrading the entire Internet within six months are long, long past. ---------========== J.D. Falk <jdfalk@cybernothing.org> =========--------- | "UNIX is the answer, | | but only if you phrase the question very carefully." | | -- Jonathan H N Chin | ----========== http://www.cybernothing.org/jdfalk/home.html ==========----