Somewhat OT email addresses 2006-02-15 - By Jeff Kinz
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On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 01:29:32PM +1100, Graeme Nichols wrote:
> Hello Folks,
>
> I know this is somewhat OT but I was wondering if it is possible to send
> an email with an address in the following format; username@[IP address]
Yes, it works. I've done it. May not work for all MTA's. Some
may require a domain name.
> I have been fiddling around because a person with whom I was writing to
> has suddenly become unknown, possibly because of DNS failure, I'm not
> sure, and the mail is returned undeliverable as the domain is unknown.
> They are having the same problem sending mail to me.
>
> I did a ping on my ISP's SMTP mail server and while there was a 100%
> failure rate on the packets, most probably due to some firewall setting,
> I was given the IP address, in this case, 203.12.160.34
>
> I sent a test email to name@(protected) but it bounced with the
> following error;
>
> 553 5.3.5 203.12.160.34 config error: mail loops back to me (MX problem?)
> 554 5.3.5 Local configuration error
>
> Is it possible to do what I am trying and circumvent the DNS?
>
> If SKP can help me I would appreciate it.
>
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