From: Mike '/m' 


I played with this a bit more today.

I changed the address that Outlook puts in the From: field for outgoing
emails to email{at}[123.123.123.123] (I'll call this a "dotted quad"
address for this message), then saved that new config.  I sent myself an
email.  When the email arrived in my inbox, the From: address was the
dotted quad.  I OMB clicked on the dotted quad address, and selected the
add it to my address book option.

Then I changed the From: address back to what it should be.

Now I can send an email to that dotted quad address, Outlook accepts it as input.

The reason I did this is that previously when I wanted to send an email to
a dotted quad address, I could enter it into the To: field, but Outlook
would not allow me to send it.  Outlook would push me over to enter the
address into Outlook's address book.

I guess that Outlook doesn't allow me to send an email to someone who is
not in my address book?  I'm not sure why it would do this, I know that
Outlook 97 didn't have this behavior.  Maybe that's why Outlook '97 worked
and Outlook 2003 doesn't.

In any case, it looks like it may be the input routines for entering an
email address into Outlook's address book that has the problem with the
RFC-compliant dotted quad address.  Once a dotted quad address is in the
address book, I can send email to it.

Weird.

 /m



On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 21:50:32 -0400, "Geo"  wrote:

>"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
>news:25ugj1psik6mb69ifo2vfg6u7fg5uapm43{at}4ax.com...
>
>> I have not been able to get Outlook to send an email to
>>
>>    email{at}[123.123.123.123]
>>
>> where 123.123.123.123 is the IP address of a email server, and 'email'
>> is a valid email account on that server.  I believe this is an RFC
>> requirement, just like proper SMTP handling.
>
>Perhaps you have an email admin like me who blocks email to an {at}ipaddress
>address? Some things need to change because of spam and many of the rfc's
>are sort of unchanging if you know what I mean.
>
>Oh, I also block remote bounce notifications because they cause more
>problems than they solve. If you accept the email then deliver it, don't be
>returning it as undeliverable after you accept delivery is how it works in
>todays spam and virus filled world.
>
>> Also, I keep nicknames for my friends.  For example, I use bob-w for Bob
>> at work, Bob-h for Bob at home.  Well, Bob changed jobs, so I changed
>> the email address for Bob-w in the address book to his new email
>> address.  Unfortunately, Outlook also stores the email address somewhere
>> else, and insists on sending Bob-w emails to his old email address. I've
>> not found the other location in the address book or configuration
>> options yet.  I now have a NewBob-w entry in the address book to work
>> around this feature.
>
>Yeah, Microsoft probably let the guy who did IE's braindead autocomplete
>write that stupid routine. He need to be 2x4'd.
>
>> Don't get me started on Outlook and IMAP....
>
>I don't believe in IMAP in the ISP world, it's a po box not a damn garage.
>
>Geo.
>

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