Hi Rick,
To further my cause...
As you can see below (excerpt from messages log) the original SME masquerades quite nicely even to the outside.
Trillian and mIRC otoh seem to give internal IP and names...
Standard - SME reply MAIL etc.
Month 23 11:39:39 mySME oidentd[654]: Connection from mirrors.kernel.org (204.152.111.222):40716
Month 23 11:39:39 mySME oidentd[654]: [204.152.111.222] (Masqueraded) Successful lookup: 1613 , 21 : user67
Trillian
Month 1 12:27:27 mySME oidentd[8502]: Connection from mx3.evanzo-server.de (62.67.120.120):50601
Month 1 12:27:27 mySME oidentd[8502]: [192.168.0.65] Successful lookup (by forward): 2535 , 110 : trilluser
mIRC
Month 08:39:52 mySME oidentd[24840]: Connection from operation1.nacamar.net (195.185.120.120):37161
Month 22 08:39:52 mySME oidentd[24840]: [192.168.0.67] Successful lookup (by forward): 1040 , 6667 : myNick
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Found the source rpm - THANKS
(seems I always have trouble with "the fine print"
)
Regards
Reinhold