Strange IP address

[rkelly95]

I keep getting weird email, so I right click to see the host and this comes up, is this the non-decimal equivalent?

http://us.f212.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?

MsgId=6138_484489_18281_822_654_0_1525&YY=74092&inc=25&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b&box=Inbox

 

[InnoTech]

whatever the hell this is, its screwing with my yahoo account when I activate the link in your post!!!!

 

[WheeDoggy]

http://us.f212.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter

is the yahoo email server's DNS name.
The IP is: 216.136.224.29

InterNETTech: The server must have been reading a cookie on your machine from your yahoo account when you clicked on the link.

Here's the rest of the info.

OrgName: Yahoo
OrgID: YHOO

NetRange: 216.136.224.0 - 216.136.227.255
CIDR: 216.136.224.0/22
NetName: EC20-2-YAHOO2
NetHandle: NET-216-136-224-0-1
Parent: NET-216-136-128-0-1
NetType: Reallocated
NameServer: NS1.YAHOO.COM
NameServer: NS2.YAHOO.COM
NameServer: NS3.YAHOO.COM
NameServer: NS4.YAHOO.COM
NameServer: NS5.YAHOO.COM
Comment:
RegDate: 2001-04-27
Updated: 2002-03-29

TechHandle: NA258-ARIN
TechName: Netblock Admin, Netblock
TechPhone: +1-408-349-7183
TechEmail: netblockadmin@yahoo-inc.com

Rgds

 

[rkelly95]

Thanks alot, that clears things up for me.