From: Greg Russell on
In news:4bb20480$0$36568$edfadb0f(a)dtext01.news.tele.dk,
DenverD <spam.trap(a)SOMEwhere.dk> typed:

>> Try ping or host mouse-potato.com. Or whois to find out the
>> registered owner of the name, not that it tells you very much.
>
> ah! now i understand..
> funny.

If you "telnet mouse-potato.com 80" you'll find that there's nothing
listening on that port.


From: John Hasler on
Greg Russell writes:
> If you "telnet mouse-potato.com 80" you'll find that there's nothing
> listening on that port.

On your system perhaps.
--
John Hasler
jhasler(a)newsguy.com
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA
From: The Natural Philosopher on
Greg Russell wrote:
> In news:4bb20480$0$36568$edfadb0f(a)dtext01.news.tele.dk,
> DenverD <spam.trap(a)SOMEwhere.dk> typed:
>
>>> Try ping or host mouse-potato.com. Or whois to find out the
>>> registered owner of the name, not that it tells you very much.
>> ah! now i understand..
>> funny.
>
> If you "telnet mouse-potato.com 80" you'll find that there's nothing
> listening on that port.
>
>
there is on at least one of my systems ;-)


telnet mouse-potato.com 80
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to mouse-potato.com.
Escape character is '^]'.

:-)