Somewhat OT email addresses

[Jeff Kinz]

On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 07:55:52PM -0800, Bret Stern wrote:
Bret, please fix your email client
And please try not to top post

To fix outlook express:
http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/

To fix Outlook:
http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/outlook-quotefix/

> you should use a domain name with email. it may work internally,
> or unreliably on the outside. mail delivery systems will generally
> not want to work with ip numbers in email addresses.

The first thing done when actually sending an email is translate the
domain name to an IP address.  Since 1981 I've always been able to send
emails via an IP address.  Now I know I haven't encountered every MTA in
existence but I view that experience as somewhat indicative.


Try this experiment:
Get a gmail account,
compose and send an email to yourself@[your IP address]
see if you get it.


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> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 7:16 PM
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> Subject: Re: Somewhat OT email addresses
> 
> 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 at 203.12.160.34 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.
> > 
> > --
> > 
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Kind regards,
> > 
> > Graeme.
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
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Jeff Kinz, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA.
speech recognition software may have been used to create this e-mail

"The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men
of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding." - Brandeis

To think contrary to one's era is heroism. But to speak against it is
madness. -- Eugene Ionesco