Bugs item #1268939, was opened at 2005-08-24 19:11 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by doolyo You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=100103&aid=1268939&group_id=103 Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: mail delivery Group: 2.1 (stable) Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Daniel (doolyo) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: host_name tag doesn't allow IP addresses Initial Comment: Hello. I have realised that we cannot put an IP address in the 'host_name' tag. Normally, we can send an e-mail from a client to a server that doesn't have a domain name by just putting it's IP address into square brackets like this: john@[142.56.2.72] This works, especially if you have put the same IP address on the destination server in your /etc/mail/local- host-names file on one line (for Sendmail): [142.56.2.72] Now the problem is that if we specify the IP address into square brackets in the 'host_name' tag, then the resolved hostname is returned in the e-mail address instead of this square brackets IP address. I have tried several backslashes like '', [], "", %5B and % 5D but nothing does. Square brackets are still correct to the standard, so I think that this is a bug. Regards, Daniel ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Comment By: Daniel (doolyo) Date: 2005-11-09 09:34

Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1320890 The 'host_name' tag I am speaking about is in the /etc/mailman/*.cfg file (or /var/lib/mailman/data/*.cfg). I can make the host_name accept the squared brackets IP address without any problem. It stays there and it is properly placed in the file, it is not changed. However, when I send an e-mail to the list itself, then the e- mail is indicated to come from 'myhost.mydomain.com' instead of keeping '[142.56.2.72]'. That is my problem, because I would like people to be able to answer to this IP address instead of the host name, as this host name is not yet active due to the fact that I am configuring Mailman and testing it. Once it passes my tests, then the domain will be active, but I need this 'from' header containing this exact same '[142.56.2.72]' string than 'host_name' for the system to receive back the e-mails. Kind regards, Daniel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Mark Sapiro (msapiro) Date: 2005-11-09 01:14 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1123998 Can you be more specific? I have tested both Mailman 2.1.5 and 2.1.6 and they accept a host_name of the form [142.56.2.72] on the General Options page with no problem. Is your issue that you can't get General Options to accept a numeric IP in square brackets, or that it is accepted, but it gets 'changed' somewhere else. Please clarify, and if the latter, please be specific about where you observe the 'change'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=100103&aid=1268939&group_id=103