Greg A. Woods wrote:
>[ On Tuesday, January 6, 2004 at 16:23:24 (+0100), Christian Vogel wrote: ]
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>>Subject: Re: [Exim] Problems caused by localhost entry in Received
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>>Why should 127.0.0.1 *not* be included in any blacklist?
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>Indeed -- and in fact 127.0.0.1 _should_ be included in every DNS
>blacklist and whitelist in order to provide for a safe testing
>mechanism.
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>>Or rather: Why would anyone do a rbl-lookup for 127.0.0.1/localhost?
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>That's a very good question! ;-)
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Possible answer:
Because some MTAs, including Exim 3, will do it unless you explicitely
tell them not to.
(Exim's default for rbl_hosts is simply *, although you usually want
something like !(127.0.0.1|^.*\.(<local domains>)))
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- Toralf
