ml>> i don't see it that way... at least there's native
 ml>> software for my OS that i can use to make the
 ml>> updates... remember, you get what you pay for, too
 ml>> ;)

 MB> You have to use native (propreitary) software?

something has to determine the current IP address in order to update the
listing, doesn't it?

 MB> If lynx or wget are available for OS/2 then you can
 MB> use a single program with a few command line options
 MB> to perform the update.

umhumm...

 MB> There are also open source update clients for various
 MB> other platforms and even something written in perl.
 MB> If rexx can access a webpage via http then a simple
 MB> script could be coded there too.

the problem is getting them to run and all that...

 MB> http://www.zoneedit.com/doc/dynamic.html#faq3

i'll take another look and see what i can find out... some things may have
changed in the last years since i talked with them...

 MB>>> You can go buy a domain for two years
 MB>>> (half that price) and host it at zoneedit.org for free.

 ml>> host it? you mean the web pages on their server? sorry,
 ml>> no can do... my stuff is all way too integrated behind
 ml>> the scenes for anything like that to work...

 MB> Where did I say that? :-)  They host the domain on the DNS
 MB> servers.

ahhh... please be more specific in your answers... to many folk, just
saying "hosting" means their web pages... i didn't make the
connection between "domain" and "hosting" as being only
the DNS records...

 MB> Where you point the records is your discretion.  The
 MB> only difference is that you're not just buying one record but
 MB> getting a whole domain for hosted for the price it costs to
 MB> register the domain.   I checked and you can host up to five.
 MB> If you want more it will cost you but you would have to host 6
 MB> domains before needing to purpose a zone credit which is
 MB> cheaper than the dyndns service.

my question to them may have been about wildcard hosting... i don't
remember and haven't gone and looked up that email, yet...

 MB>>> Zoneedit supports dynamic updates too except you can do it
 MB>>> with your own domain.  Check it out!  Something like the first
 MB>>> few domains hosted there are free.  Only if you go over do you
 MB>>> pay.

 ml>> i've checked with zoneedit and still have a reply from them around
 ml>> here somewhere... i forget what my question was at the time but their
 ml>> answer was "no" and/or not satisfying...

 MB> You sure it was them?  I am fluent in DNS and I cannot find
 MB> anything limiting with what they offer.  They are one of the
 MB> few that also do DNS correctly placing the primary and
 MB> secondary on different autonomous systems.

i know it was them... i just can't remember the question...

we'd better take this elsewhere, too ;)  maybe netmail? the INTERNET echo
would work, too... its closer to topicality in there than in here OB-)

)\/(ark