From: spamtrap42@jacob21819.net   
      
   On 2012-08-28, Adam  wrote:   
   > Robert Riches wrote:   
   >> On 2012-08-27, Adam  wrote:   
   >>> I'm running my own DNS, but (the stub of) my web site is   
   >>> mysite.verizon.net/adam707 which works correctly.  When I try to access   
   >>> mysite.verizon.net/adam708 (which I assume is the same IP as mine), I   
   >>> get the standard "Not Found / The requested URL /adam708 was not found   
   >>> on this server."  Wouldn't that mean that VZ is /not/ redirecting my   
   >>> request for a nonexistent URL?   
   >>   
   >> I'm not sure what VZ is doing now, since they sold off some   
   >> "rural" states to frontier.  As far as I was aware, VZ had the   
   >> redirection and opt-out servers running at the time frontier took   
   >> over.   
   >   
   > Since the nonexistent mysite.verizon.net/adam708 returns a generic error   
   > message (or maybe it's from my browser), does that mean that VZ no   
   > longer redirects?  I don't recall opting out in the five years I've had   
   > Verizon DSL.  I gather your state was sold to Frontier.  I'm in NYS (not   
   > NYC), so if they have to sell off by states mine would probably be one   
   > of the last ones to go.   
   >   
   > Adam   
      
   What you tried will go to mysite.verizon.net, because there's a   
   valid DNS entry for that domain.  The web server at that IP   
   address will return the error that "adam708" does not exist on   
   that server.   
      
   Try a ping to completely-totally-ficticious-random-junk.com   
   rather than an URL inside a subdomain that does exist.  If that   
   goes to an IP address, it means VZ is redirecting.   
      
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   Robert Riches   
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   (Yes, that is one of my email addresses.)   
      
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