On Fri, 07 Apr 2000, you wrote:
> Ravindra Jaju saw fit to inform LI that:
>
> >> Note the ip address is enclosed in square brackets.
> >I don't think this works. What is the SMTP server defined for the mailer
> >application??
>
> Actually, what I meant was to send the file from the 'doze PC using any
> smtp server (say your ISP's server). Assuming that the ip of the linux
> box is public (not an internal network ip like 10.0.0.xx).
>
> >The [] is thing very much specific to some environments and I don't think
>
> It is canonically correct according to RFC 822.
>
Yup, according to RFC 822 :
"... Square brackets ("[" and "]") are used to indicate the
presence of a domain-literal, which the appropriate
name-domain is to use directly, bypassing normal
name-resolution mechanisms..."
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