Re: country of origin from IPADDRESS???

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2001


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 39194
interpreted = N
texte = On 10/9/01 4:01 PM, Alain Russell wrote:> Seems the only reliable way to do it is to ask each user where they are > from, set a cookie and then use that value :-)Actually I have seen programs that map the ip to the location, but corporate networks and large ISP's can dilute the accuracy of these methods as well. I have seen it work on a mac from point to point though and it was quite interesting, check version tracker and see if you can't find the utility, if your system doesn't require 100% accuracy.Robert Minor Director of Internet Services ------------------------------------------------------------ Cybermill Communications http://www.cybermill.com http://www.merchantmaker.comProviding Ecommerce and interactive website development and hosting services on Macintosh, Windows NT, Unix, and AS/400.All your websites are belong to us! ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: country of origin from IPADDRESS??? (Donovan Brooke 2001)
  2. Re: country of origin from IPADDRESS??? (John Peacock 2001)
  3. Re: country of origin from IPADDRESS??? (dale 2001)
  4. Re: country of origin from IPADDRESS??? (Alain Russell 2001)
  5. Re: country of origin from IPADDRESS??? (Andrew Simpson 2001)
  6. Re: country of origin from IPADDRESS??? (Alain Russell 2001)
  7. Re: country of origin from IPADDRESS??? (Andrew Simpson 2001)
  8. Re: country of origin from IPADDRESS??? (Clint Davis 2001)
  9. Re: country of origin from IPADDRESS??? (Bob Minor 2001)
  10. Re: country of origin from IPADDRESS??? (Andrew Simpson 2001)
  11. Re: country of origin from IPADDRESS??? (Alain Russell 2001)
  12. Re: country of origin from IPADDRESS??? (Dale Therio 2001)
  13. Re: country of origin from IPADDRESS??? (Andrew Simpson 2001)
  14. Re: country of origin from IPADDRESS??? (Alain Russell 2001)
  15. Re: country of origin from IPADDRESS??? (Andrew Simpson 2001)
  16. Re: country of origin from IPADDRESS??? (Alain Russell 2001)
  17. country of origin from IPADDRESS??? (Andrew Simpson 2001)
On 10/9/01 4:01 PM, Alain Russell wrote:> Seems the only reliable way to do it is to ask each user where they are > from, set a cookie and then use that value :-)Actually I have seen programs that map the ip to the location, but corporate networks and large ISP's can dilute the accuracy of these methods as well. I have seen it work on a mac from point to point though and it was quite interesting, check version tracker and see if you can't find the utility, if your system doesn't require 100% accuracy.Robert Minor Director of Internet Services ------------------------------------------------------------ Cybermill Communications http://www.cybermill.com http://www.merchantmaker.comProviding Ecommerce and interactive website development and hosting services on Macintosh, Windows NT, Unix, and AS/400.All your websites are belong to us! ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Bob Minor

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