Bob Bernstein wrote: > croak> What exactly are these spammers doing? Did they convert a > croak> dotted-quad address into a decimal number? > > I can tell you an easier way to decipher them, but I too would like to > know how they are contructed, i.e what's the algorithm. a.b.c.d n = d + c * 256 + b * 256 ^ 2 + a * 256 ^ 3 -- see shy jo