as several other people. It is an aoHELL IP which shows up as belonging to LOTS AND LOTS of posters.

You really can't rely on just looking at the IP address. You will find that almost all if not all of the trolls that post here on the board are aoHELLers. Below is the "whois" info for that IP.

Cheers!
Bill

152.163.253.8 = [ cache-rm08.proxy.aol.com ]
OrgName: America Online
OrgID: AOL
Address: 22000 AOL Way
City: Dulles
StateProv: VA
PostalCode: 20166
Country: US
NetRange: 152.163.0.0 - 152.163.255.255
CIDR: 152.163.0.0/16
NetName: AOL-BNET
NetHandle: NET-152-163-0-0-1
Parent: NET-152-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Assignment
NameServer: DNS-01.NS.AOL.COM
NameServer: DNS-02.NS.AOL.COM
Comment:
RegDate: 1992-04-01
Updated: 1999-12-02
TechHandle: AOL-NOC-ARIN
TechName: America Online Inc.
TechPhone: 1-703-265-4670
TechEmail: domains@aol.net
OrgAbuseHandle: AOL382-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: Abuse
OrgAbusePhone: 1-703-265-4670
OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@aol.net
OrgNOCHandle: AOL236-ARIN
OrgNOCName: NOC
OrgNOCPhone: 1-703-265-4670
OrgNOCEmail: noc@aol.net
OrgTechHandle: AOL-NOC-ARIN
OrgTechName: America Online Inc.
OrgTechPhone: 1-703-265-4670
OrgTechEmail: domains@aol.net

ARIN WHOIS database last updated 2004-09-02 19: 10

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