On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, Frank S. Bernhardt wrote:
> On my SCO OpenServer box pinging 0.0.0.0 results in pings to 127.0.0.1.
Solaris seems to be the same. At least, if I telnet to 0.0.0.0:25, Exim
records the message has having come from 127.0.0.1.
> I guess the question Philip needs to ask himself is does he handle 0.0.0.0 based on a published standard or a
> convention. My vote is for "standard". As already posted, if I want to treat 0.0.0.0 as a localhost, I can do
> so using the config file.
If there is no published standard, I probably still need to do something
about this, because otherwise there can be mail loops.
> You guys really come up with some really interesting questions and points, things that I've
> never even dreamed (nightmared?) of.
In many ways, the Internet is a nightmare. :-)
Philip
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