For what it's worth, Ian's right - this address traces back to
@home.com, and since cable modems are static IP addresses, this makes
the odds of it not being Nick very small.  

<sigh>

Ian Burgmyer wrote:
> 
> Nope.  I *think* (correct me if I'm wrong) that it is actually the extended
> headers in the newsgroup post.  This gives a detailed explanation of the
> authors name, E-Mail address, the format from the post (text/html,
> text/plain, or something like that), some other info, and the poster's IP
> address.  The IP address identifies someone on the Internet.  It is of the
> format x.x.x.x, with x being an integer from 0 to 255.  Since Nick has cable
> modem (SUPER FAST) services through @Home.com, his never changes.  However,
> with a dial-up ISP, it changes more-often-then-not.  Right now, my IP is
> 208.210.22.16.  Now next time I dial up to my ISP, it could change.  Maybe
> to 208.210.22.10 or even 208.210.22.99.  Usually, on these dynamic IP's
> (where it changes), the last number changes.
> 
> Scott noticed, by looking at the message headers, that Nick's (being a cable
> modem user through @home) IP was 24.0.254.216 in both messages.  Good sign
> of an attempted cover up.
> 
> Hope this helps :)
> 
> -Ian
> 
> Nathan R. Zwalsh <nrz### [at] fatnetnet> wrote in message
> news:3727DA25.787A358E@fatnet.net...
> >
> >
> >
> > I did notice one thing though, I'm no internet pro and dont know what a
> nntp
> > address is, but i'm assuming that it I.D's the e-mail server in nick's
> case
> > (Hot mail.com) which is a very popular free e-mail server and anyone could
> > use it. But i could be wrong..
> >
> > Nathan Zwalsh
> >
> > ps Scott McDonald A.K.A Sherlock Holmes . good detective work.
> >

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