Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 16:11:24 +1300 From: "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> To: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@cpl.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sending mail to IP address? Message-ID: <199810110311.QAA15514@cyclops.xtra.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <19981010193509.21785@cpl.net>
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On 10 Oct 98, at 19:35, Shawn Ramsey wrote: > Is it possible to send mail to an IP address? I put the IP address in > sendmail.cw, and if I send the mail from the same machine sendmail is on, > it works. But if I do it from any other machine, either outside our > network or in, I get the following error in maillog : > > Oct 10 19:31:45 solo sendmail[4201]: TAA04199: to=shawn@209.150.92.68, > ctladdr=shawn (1028/1001), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, > relay=209.150.92.68, stat=Host unknown (Name server: 209.150.92.68: host > not found) I think the problem is DNS isn't it? I'm not sure, but the receiving host may be trying to locate you by DNS methods. Just a guess. -- Dan Langille DVL Software Limited The FreeBSD Diary - my [mis]adventures http://www.FreeBSDDiary.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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