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Quick netsat qstn



hi all

i was wondering what it means when netstat shows a connection at:

[my.computer.dom]:smtp 	[foreign address]

... does it simply mean that someone is sending mail to my.computer.dom?

thanks
Andrew

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Andrew McRobert LLB B.Sc(Comp. Sci)
IT Officer, School of Law
MURDOCH UNIVERSITY
Perth, Western Australia
Ph: [+61 8 9360 6479]
Fax: [+61 8 9310 6671]
e-mail: mcrobert@central.murdoch.edu.au
"The lottery: a tax on people who are bad at math"



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