I think everyone (and I mean as many admins as possible!!!!) should blacklist the domain for the city of battle creek. Of course it will be in the name of protecting ourselves from their mail server which we all know is not properly patched and could perform ill-fated actions on our mail servers!
Todd -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of R. Scott Perry Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 11:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] DNS workaround > > In the meantime, they want to know if there is any way we can send > > mail directly to the IP of their mail server. > >Yes, it's called domain-literal addressing: crisporter@[192.168.1.1] > >Note that not all mail servers answer for this addressing scheme by >default; some may need to have it added manually as a domain alias. >All mail servers will process and forward it, though. But don't even *think* of sending mail in that format to anyone who works for Battle Creek, Michigan, or they will assume that you are a hacker and start criminal proceedings... -Scott --- Declude: Anti-virus, Anti-spam and Anti-hijacking solutions for IMail. http://www.declude.com --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
