ml>> if the number doesn't change, use it instead... otherwise, get one of
 ml>> those inexpensive domain accounts like ziplog.tzo.com or some such...
 ml>> i've never used the redirectors... only the ones that give me a DNS
 ml>> record that is updated any time my IP number changes...

 ml>> i use the services of dynip.com and pay ~$20 a year... i use a
 ml>> compiled REXX program to update my address when my system connects...
 ml>> works great and all i have to do is give out my domain name...
 ml>> incidently, i configured so that *.mydomain.dynip.com are all pointed
 ml>> to my one address so that i can handle distribution internally if/when
 ml>> i want/need to...

 MB> Damn - what a ripoff.

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

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

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

 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.

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

)\/(ark