From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 10 22:31:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA18733 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 10 Oct 1998 22:31:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA18716 for ; Sat, 10 Oct 1998 22:31:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id PAA14014; Sun, 11 Oct 1998 15:01:25 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id PAA24529; Sun, 11 Oct 1998 15:01:19 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19981011150118.A24503@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 15:01:18 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Shawn Ramsey , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sending mail to IP address? References: <199810110311.QAA15514@cyclops.xtra.co.nz> <199810110412.XAA04404@ns1.davidv.net> <19981010212451.12066@cpl.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <19981010212451.12066@cpl.net>; from Shawn Ramsey on Sat, Oct 10, 1998 at 09:24:51PM -0700 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Saturday, 10 October 1998 at 21:24:51 -0700, Shawn Ramsey wrote: >>> host >>> may be trying to locate you by DNS methods. Just a guess. >> >> >> The IP has to be in blocks as such: >> >> shawn@[209.150.92.68] >> >> otherwise it see's the Ip as a domain not an IP. >> But most/some mail servers will reject it. > > Thank you guys. :) That works great. Sending mail to IP addresses is Evil. It helps spammers ply their trade. Many mail servers, including mine, refuse to accept mail from systems which don't reverse map. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message