Re: Why is an eMail to karl@202.34.123.45 not possible ?

Tim Tuples wrote:

For web pages I can write http://202.34.123.45
Why is such a trick not possible for emails ?

Because normally, a server will look up an MX record when it needs to deliver mail, not an A record. Have you tried "karl@[202.34.123.45]"?
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