Kevin Agard <[log in to unmask]> wrote on 06/21/2007 03:18:38 AM: > Can the IP address of the SMTP server be used in the cfg file instead of > a FQDN? Regardless of whether it can be done, it's still a bad idea. Hard coding IP addresses is a bad idea on anything except the IP of you DNS server. (How else would you get to them?) Too many times, I have seen IP address ranges change, and someone forgets a system that had a hard coded IP address, and then they can't figure out why it isn't working any more. --- The Kool-Aid from Redmond is powerful stuff. -- Gregg Eldred William Brown Web Development & Messaging Services Technology Services, WNYRIC, Erie 1 BOCES