On 11/03/2010 15:44, Victor Churchill wrote:
> I've also tried, from gmail, sending a mail to 'ubuntu@<the-host's
> fixed IP address 999.999.999.999>; no effect (not received, not
> bounced).
user@[ip.ad.dre.ss] sometimes works (forces that address to be used 
rather than an mx lookup.
Note that the MTA will handle that as if it was a local user on its 
default domain as well.
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