"N. Miller" <anonymous@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:
> On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:53:26 -0700, Gary VanderMolen wrote:
> Quote:
>> '10.0.116.135' is not a valid server name or routable IP address.
>
> '192.168.102.31' is certainly a valid server name *and* routable IP
> address
> for me.
>
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> Norman Both are IP addresses, not server names. Many email program will accept
a server's IP address when they ask for server names. If I remember
correctly, about a quarter of the possible IP addresses are reserved for
use in private networks, and are unroutable from outside those private
networks.