 | | | Somewhat OT email addresses | Somewhat OT email addresses 2006-02-15 - By Graeme Nichols
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Jeff Kinz wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 01:29:32PM +1100, Graeme Nichols wrote:
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>>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]
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> Yes, it works. I've done it. May not work for all MTA's. Some
> may require a domain name.
OK. Thank you very much Jeff.
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>>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
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>>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
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>>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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>>Graeme.
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