* dman (dsh8290@rit.edu) [011018 09:42]: > On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 10:29:54AM -0500, Lance_Hoffmeyer@augustmail.com wrote: > | Is it possible to send email by IP instead of Domain? > > Yes. > > echo "hello world" | mail -s "test message" dsh8290@129.21.3.3 > > Domains resolve to IPs anyways, though RFC 2821 (the SMTP RFC) says > that using domains is recommended. It also says that IP addresses may be specified as the domain-part by enclosing them in [square brackets] like so: dsh8290@[129.21.3.3] It's broken wihtout the brackets, and I wouldn't assume that all MTAs would do the wrong thing. Domains do resolve to IP addresses, but that happens at a much lower level. Addressing in the email realm has relatively little to do with addressing in the IP realm. good times, -- Vineet http://www.anti-dmca.org Unauthorized use of this .sig may constitute violation of US law. echo Qba\'g gernq ba zr\! |tr 'a-zA-Z' 'n-za-mN-ZA-M'
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