[Exim] configure.default and MX to localhost

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Author: Brian Candler
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To: exim-users
Subject: [Exim] configure.default and MX to localhost
Can I suggest that the following change is made to the default exim
configure file, since it took me quite a bit of digging around mailing list
archives and documentation to work out how to do it.

I had a whole load of spam bounces stuck permanently in the queue because
their domains were pointing at localhost. I can't see any legitimate case
for a domain to point a localhost, so I think that it would be sensible to
add to the default configuration.

Regards,

Brian.
--- src/configure.default.orig    Mon Mar 12 16:13:50 2001
+++ src/configure.default    Mon Mar 12 16:14:24 2001
@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@
 lookuphost:
   driver = lookuphost
   transport = remote_smtp
+  ignore_target_hosts = 127.0.0.0/8



# This router routes to remote hosts over SMTP by explicit IP address,
@@ -373,6 +374,7 @@
# domain_literal:
# driver = ipliteral
# transport = remote_smtp
+# ignore_target_hosts = 127.0.0.0/8


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