Philip--
It would be the safe thing to do to require an explicit `*' where it
was desired. For example:
# Macros
LOCAL_HOSTS = @ : localhost : 127.0.0.1
host_accept = LOCAL_HOSTS : !*.blah.com
means the same as:
host_accept = LOCAL_HOSTS
To achieve the `mostly open' effect, the trailing * would be required:
host_accept = LOCAL_HOSTS : !*.blah.com : *
In essence, i agree with your proposal.
--jim
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På 1999-Aug-12 klokka 14:18:30 +0100 skrivet Philip Hazel:
: However, I'm not totally inflexible. If enough people think it would be
: good idea, I might be persuaded to change the rules so that if a host is
: not in the list at all, it is *never* accepted. This is an uncomplicated
: rule. It would mean that a negative item as the last item in a list
: would have no effect.
