Re: [Exim] Full marks to Exim :-)

At 14:26 +0000 2003/01/30, Ruth Ivimey-Cook wrote:
>On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Giuliano Gavazzi wrote:

[...]

> >and I would add zeroconf: 169.254.0.0/16 (not immensely sure about
>>the netmask, but I think it is that wide). [and what about IPv6?]
>
>I don't understand 'zeroconf'. IIRC, the 169 net is used by MS TCP as the 'you
>haven't configured me' address range; I think it's also a
>by-definition-not-internet range, like 10.xxx ?
>
>Thanks for any clarification,
>

http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-zeroconf-ipv4-linklocal-07.txt

I think 169.254/16 was donated by MS to the internet community for
this purpose.

Giuliano