On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:02:07 -0500 Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If you want to use a literal IP > address you have to enclose it in []'s to skip the MX lookup (and if you > are doing it on the command line, enclose in ''s because the []' are > shell metacharacters). mail 'joeblow@[123.0.0.1]' will attempt a > connection, but the receiving system may still not like it. Now that is highly interesting and just exactly the kind of answer I was looking for. I never heard of using square brackets to enclose an IP address for that purpose before. Thanks! Most appreciated! I've learned something today. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com
