I disagreed too but I couldn't be bothered replying.
I'm using it at the moment for testing because our current domain is
handled by another server I don't want to change the MX records until I've
tested it a bit.
Wilson
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From: Scott D. Yelich[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, 3 February 2000 2:51
To: Bruno Wolff III
Cc: Sam; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: Re: Sending to an IP address
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On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 02, 2000 at 12:29:03AM -0500,
> Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Wilson Fletcher wrote:
> > > I ried to send to wilson@[203.26.11.154] but it failed. Can someone
tell me why ?
> > Because this form of addressing is obsolete and deprecated. Once upon
a
> > time MX records were few and far between. That is no longer the case,
so
> > there's no need for this nonsense.
I disagree. I find this very useful when forwarding email.
Scott
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