Shouldn't exim always treat the loopback address as being equivalent to
the local host's "real" IP address? If not, why not?
aztec[141] telnet aztec 25
schaefer
Trying 206.155.48.8...
Connected to aztec.zanshin.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 aztec.zanshin.com ESMTP Exim 2.12 #3 Fri, 12 Feb 1999 11:44:44 -0800
MAIL FROM:<schaefer@???>
250 <schaefer@???> is syntactically correct
quit
221 aztec.zanshin.com closing connection
Connection closed by foreign host.
aztec[142] telnet localhost 25
schaefer
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 aztec.zanshin.com ESMTP Exim 2.12 #3 Fri, 12 Feb 1999 11:47:47 -0800
MAIL FROM:<schaefer@???>
250 <schaefer@???> is syntactically correct
RCPT TO:<schaefer@???>
550 relaying to <schaefer@???> prohibited by administrator
quit
221 aztec.zanshin.com closing connection
Connection closed by foreign host.
Log excerpt:
11:48:03 refused relay (host accept) to <schaefer@???> from
<schaefer@???> H=localhost [127.0.0.1] (schaefer)
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