On Mon, 22 Dec 2003, David Woodhouse wrote:
> When I connect from localhost there's no associated remote host address;
> only an associated _local_ host address :)
In the implementation of Exim, "local" in this sense means "not via
TCP/IP". The loopback address is not treated specially in the code. As
far as Exim is concerned, it is a "remote host". OK, I know this is
confusing, and maybe it's not the best approach, but that's the way it's
always been.
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