Yes, most @home addresses are 24.x.x.x.  I know several people with cable
modems (all through @home) and they are ALL 24.x.x.x.

It's depressing. . .Nick may have been a great artist some day. . .instead
he's a good for nothing little. . .[censored]

:|

-Ian

Scott McDonald <sco### [at] metrolinkcom> wrote in message
news:3727DDB8.6EE69996@metrolink.com...
> 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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