* Tamas TEVESZ <ice@???> [20011002 10:49]: writing on the subject 'Re: [Exim] Exim Quick Install problems still...' | On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
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| > exim -bt someone@123.456.789.123 to see how that would be routed.
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| plain wrong, to say the least.
Thanks for that correction.
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| the fact that exim, when it is given literal ip addresses in the conf
| n stuff, does not want them to be enclosed in square brackets, does
| not mean that an address like that (that is, without square brackets)
| is right. it's not. such an address does not exist. it's not an
| address, per se. period.
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| i didn't follow the thread, but this might be the answer to chris'
| question. foo@1.2.3.4 <- this _does_ need dns. to
| shortcut the results, this needs dns to tell you to get lost :)
| foo@??? <- this needs it to a somewhat lesser extent ;>, and
| might even be deliverable.
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| -Wash