[Exim] Re: Opinions sought on new ignore_hosts option

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Author: Ben Smithurst
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To: Philip Hazel
CC: exim-users
Subject: [Exim] Re: Opinions sought on new ignore_hosts option
Philip Hazel wrote:

> (1) Default unset. Preserves the current behaviour.
>
> (2) Minimal: ignore_hosts = <; 127.0.0.1 ; ::1
>
> (3) Maximal:   ignore_hosts = <; 127.0.0.0/8 ; 10.0.0.0/8 ; \
>                                  192.168.0.0/16 ; 172.16.0.0/12 ; \
>                                  ::1 ; fe80::/10


Option 3 would break any private networks which use RFC1918 addresses
(like my home network). This would annoy me slightly, even though it is
trivial to fix. My vote is for number 2. Though if RFC1918 addresses
appear often enough to make option 3 best for more people, I'll just
shut up and live with adding a whole extra line to my config file. :-)

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