[ale] Why won't IP e-mail address go through BS?

[Brian J. Dowd]

I suspect it's because, when they programmed the IP address edit, they 
assumed
that a xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx was not a valid domain. Perhaps they want it to 
end with a
character after a single period. Perhaps they are spambusting and are 
checking
the domain name for acceptability (blackhole listing). It's pretty 
obviously a BS
issue. I'd sure be interested in how long it takes you to get them to 
permit this to
pass their filters...
-brian

Mike Millson wrote:

>I have set up the Courier IMAP e-mail server. I have BS ADSL w/ a static IP,
>but no domain name, so in order to send mail to my e-mail server, I have to
>address it to my IP address (e.g. mgm at xx.xx.xx.xx). I can log into my Yahoo
>account and send e-mail to my mgm at xx.xx.xx.xx address and have Courier
>receive it no problem, but if I attempt to send it from my BS account, the
>e-mail never gets there. I get the following reject notice back from BS:
>
>----------------------------------------
>.net 007: This e-mail message was undeliverable due to the
>following reason:
>
>.net 018: Each of the following recipients were rejected by a
>destination mail system.
>
>Note: The reasons given by the destination mail system are included
>to help you determine why each recipient was rejected.
>
>Solution:
>Attempt to resend, or contact the recipient by alternate means to let
>them know about the issue.
>
>    Recipient: <mgm@[216.77.224.98]>
>    Reason:    Syntax error.
>----------------------------------------
>
>Anyone know what's going on here? Why can I send mail from Yahoo but not BS?
>
>Thank you,
>Mike
>
>
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