Re: [exim] dnslists ACL condition

On 11/05/2020 19:34, Andrew C Aitchison via Exim-users wrote:
> Put another way, how would the new default  "&127.0.0.0"
> interact with an ACL condition like
>     deny dnslists = spamhaus.example/<|192.168.1.2|192.168.6.7|...
> (from spec.txt 44.32) ?
> Answer: I'd rather not think about that.

The same as the current effective default of "&255.255.255.255" does,
since there was no = or & to introduce a matching condition per
section 33. In other words, the new default match-condition
would apply to all/any of the search keys defined by the section
30 list that is prefixed with the /


Yup, it's unpleasantly complicated. I'm just glad that nobody
in their right minds has suggested converting to IPv6 returns.
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Cheers,
Jeremy