Hallo Jonathan,

On Wed, 5 Feb 2003 14:18:38 -0600GMT (5-2-03, 21:18 +0100, where I
live), you wrote:

JA> IP addresses in mailing addresses need to be encased in [ ]
JA> otherwise the mail doesn't send. They're called domain literals in
JA> the RFC (see RFC822 sec 6.2.3). They are strongly suggested
JA> AGAINST... but they should work. It is a temporary solution to
JA> working around issues such as DNS outages.

I stand corrected. They aren't mentioned in rfc2822 and I didn't check
rfc2821 (where they are mentioned in sec 4.1.3) before I was rebuked.
Without [] I got a test delivered and with I didn't, so I thought...


-- 
Groetjes, Roelof


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