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Re: [Plug] Inability to send e-mail to IPs
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I've never used smail, and sendmail seems to deal with IP's just fine.
However, here's what rfc 822 (internet mail headers) has to say. The
full document is here:
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc0822.html
The section below is out of section 6 Address Specification.
Whats the syntax you're using and whats the error you're getting?
6.2.3. DOMAIN TERMS
A domain-ref must be THE official name of a registry, network,
or host. It is a symbolic reference, within a name sub-
domain. At times, it is necessary to bypass standard mechan-
isms for resolving such references, using more primitive
information, such as a network host address rather than its
associated host name.
To permit such references, this standard provides the domain-
literal construct. Its contents must conform with the needs
of the sub-domain in which it is interpreted.
Domain-literals which refer to domains within the ARPA Inter-
net specify 32-bit Internet addresses, in four 8-bit fields
noted in decimal, as described in Request for Comments #820,
"Assigned Numbers." For example:
[10.0.3.19]
Note: THE USE OF DOMAIN-LITERALS IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. It
is permitted only as a means of bypassing temporary
system limitations, such as name tables which are not
complete.
The names of "top-level" domains, and the names of domains
under in the ARPA Internet, are registered with the Network
Information Center, SRI International, Menlo Park, California.
J.
When I grow up, I wanna be more like me.
I had a clue. I didn't like it. I took it back and exchanged it for an
attitude.
On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, Morgan Wajda-Levie wrote:
> I'm using smail with Debian potato, and I can't seem to be able to
> send e-mail to an ip address. The same e-mail can be sent if the
> respective ip address's domain name is used.
>
> Any thoughts on what's wrong?
>
> --
> Morgan Wajda-Levie
> http://www.worldaxes.com/wajdalev
>
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