MX to an IP address possible?

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From: David W. Summers
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 1989 03:59

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I have a question about the Domain Name Servers in regard to MX records and
forwarding.  I am pretty new to all this so please bear with me.  I recently
obtained a US Domain for my computer at home (actsn.fay.ar.us) and my MX
forwarder is 'ksuvax1.cis.edu'.  Now I am root at 'cseg' which is on the
internet, but we do not have an official domain name yet (coming soon I hope).
'cseg' is one of a bunch of 3B2's at the University of Arkansas here in 
Fayetteville which are all on the internet ('cseg' = [130.184.64.202]).  What
I was wondering, is if it is possible for an MX record to point to an IP
address rather than a name, i.e., point to [130.184.64.202] rather than
'ksuvax1.cis.ksu.edu'.  If this is possible then I could just ask for my MX
record to point to 'cseg' ([130.184.64.202]) and then KSUVAX1.CIS.KSU.EDU could
get me out their hair (Hi Tim! :-) and it also would be about 3 or 4 machines
closer to my computer (actsn.fay.ar.us), as in directly connected.  As it stands
now, 'ksuvax1' forwards my mail via the 'hcx!cseg!actsn' route.  If possible I
would like to have my MX record point directly to '[130.184.64.202]' and then it
could just send the mail directly to 'actsn' via UUCP.
   Is this possible?  Sorry to be SO EXPLICIT, but I wanted to try to be very
clear.  What is wrong with this idea (will it work at all?).

   Inquiring Minds Want to Know!  :-)    Thanks in advance.  If this is the
wrong news group(s) then please gently direct me to the proper place.

    - David Summers
     (dws@cseg.uucp)
     (..!harris.cis.ksu.edu!hcx!cseg!dws)
     (david@actsn.fay.ar.us)   <---- My new OFFICIAL domain name!

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!deimos.cis.ksu.edu!cveg!cseg!dws
From: dws@cseg.uucp (David W. Summers)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail,comp.mail.misc
Subject: MX to an IP address possible?
Keywords: MX records, SENDMAIL, DNS DOMAIN NAME SERVER
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Date: 6 Jun 89 03:59:00 GMT
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Organization: College of Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
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