[plug] explicit e-mail routing; postfix/sendmail

Matt Kemner zombie at wasp.net.au
Thu Aug 16 10:28:55 WST 2001


On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Leon Blackwell wrote:

> You can direct mail to a particular host by IP address, which
> shouldn't require any DNS resolution or MX lookups (I think).
> 
> The format for addressing such a mail is:
> 
> username@[xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]
> 
> For example, the following should email me without too much trouble:
> 
> leon@[203.29.96.62]

You can even specify the IP address as a single number.

Sending email to me at zombie@[3393033745] should work from most MTAs :)

 - Matt




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