On Fri, 19 Sep 1997, Nigel Metheringham wrote:
> } sender_net_accept_relay = "204.249.49.0/204.249.50.0"
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> This part should be a netmask - I'd say that *should* be a syntax error,
> and almost certainly doesn't mean what you think.
> [Philip - if this is accepted can the code be tightened to reject it]
Didn't spot that, but not sure it should be an error ...
> If you converted to binary then all the 1's should be at the top end, all
> the zeros at the low end, never a mixture of ones and zeroes.
Why not? There may be some esoteric cases where people want to use funny
masks. Rare, I agree, but should Exim prevent that?
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