Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site grkermi.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!grkermi!eric From: eric@grkermi.UUCP (Eric N. Starkman) Newsgroups: net.mail Subject: Re: Mailing to a host given only an Internet # Message-ID: <510@grkermi.UUCP> Date: Wed, 10-Jul-85 13:29:16 EDT Article-I.D.: grkermi.510 Posted: Wed Jul 10 13:29:16 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 14-Jul-85 09:11:41 EDT References: <239@harvard.ARPA> Reply-To: starkman@mit-athena.ARPA (Eric N. Starkman) Distribution: net Organization: GenRad, Inc., Concord, Mass. Lines: 18 Summary: In article <239@harvard.ARPA> kevin@harvard.ARPA (Kevin Crowston) writes: >Is there any way to mail to a host, given that you know >its Internet # (18.56.0.4), but not a name (that is, the >host isn't in the hosts.txt file, etc.) > >I'm using Mail on a BSD 4.2 UNIX machine. > >Kevin Crowston >-- > >Kevin Crowston UUCP: {seismo,ut-sally}!harvard!kevin >MIT Sloan School of Management ARPA: kevin@harvard.ARPA I think it's username@[18.56.0.4] . Of course, you can always telnet and use SMTP manually (see the appropriate RFC) if all else fails. Side note: The particular machine in question is on MIT's Project Athena and should be addressed to username@MIT-ATHENA.ARPA (or .MIT.EDU)