We did precisely nothing to make this work. Straight out of the box IMail
6.606 with all patches, Win 2K server.
I suspect something with regard to your non routable addresses, maybe ???
Baden
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rjj [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, 10 May 2001 11:58 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Accepting Mail addressed to an IP address
>
>
> Our testing shows the following error:
> 550 not local host [x.x.x.x], not a gateway
>
> What did you have to configure to get it to accept the
> IP address (keep in mind the ip address of our box is
> a non routable (192.168.20.x) and the ip address of
> the router/firewall we are sending to is on the
> outside (4.33.xxx.xxx)
>
> The firewall/router routes all port 25 traffic to the
> internal address.
>
> Even a direct telnet and issuing of the VRFY command
> gives the 550 error.
>
> Thanks,
> Robert
> --- Baden Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Imail does accept mail for [EMAIL PROTECTED] and
> > user@[ip.ip.ip.ip] - we've
> > been using user@ip as a migration mechanism.
> >
> > Most MTA's accept both these days.
> >
> > Baden
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Scott Perry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Thursday, 10 May 2001 5:31 AM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Accepting Mail
> > addressed to an IP address
> > >
> > >
> > > > I know addressing mail based on IP does not
> > follow
> > > > RFC, but he will not be giving the address out
> > to
> > > > anyone (the forwarding account will deal with
> > it).
> > >
> > > Actually, the RFCs *do* allow for mail sent to IP
> > addresses....
> > >
> > > > Is there any way to fool Imail into accepting
> > mail at
> > > > an ip address (i.e.: [EMAIL PROTECTED])?
> > >
> > > The proper format would be "user@[4.7.11.132]".
> > And I
> > > believe mail servers are expected to accept E-mail
> > sent via
> > > IP. However, I haven't tested this with IMail.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > -Scott
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