--- On Thu, 4/9/09, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
> > e2xbegqsdyt21hfc wrote:
> >
> > Why the use of some...@[an_explicit_ip_address] is
> > strongly discouraged?
> a. Where did you get the idea it was strongly discouraged?
Quoting RFC 822:
Note: THE USE OF DOMAIN-LITERALS IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. It
is permitted only as a means of bypassing temporary
system limitations, such as name tables which are not
complete.
> b. Why would you WANT to use it?
I want to test an app by writing a quick/dirty wrapper that sends mail to a
single, known, mail server and avoids DNS lookup.
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