why would you want the host name be the same as the ip address???
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 3:44 PM
Subject: Re: ORBSOUT: [IMail Forum] How do I use an IP address for official
host name?
> > I am trying to set up an internal mail system and I would like to
> > have the official host name be an IP address. For some reason IMail
> > won't allow me to set put an IP address in as the official host
> > name. Is there a workaround for this?
>
> They don't allow it because it isn't allowed. IMail uses that to identify
itself, and it has to identify itself as a host name in some places. That's
just what the RFCs require.
>
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