https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6203

--- Comment #7 from Benny Pedersen <[email protected]> 2009-09-17 15:33:54 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #5)
> (In reply to comment #4)

> Right, but why /16 or /24, then? Why not /8? Or even, since it can be done,

use /0 ?

> why not /20?.

/20 is hard to make simple in the patch

> There is no evident reason and most depends by enviromental factors
> like, in example, how much disk space devote to AWL.

SSD harddisk are being cheap thease days :)

> Or generally how /24 vs. /16 works fine to the user.

the user dont know anything about how bad awl works for them, always just got a
mean from the previous sender / ip space

> The best solution would probably be to record the ISP's network address, which
> is blatantly unfeasible.

also pretty stypid since its the sender ip that are of intrest in the tracking

> Other solutions (like the one AWL actually implements)
> are, of course, a compromise and, as such, may be "compromised" the way one
> likes...

have you any data for this ?, or just guessing ?, start counting on the
maillist how well awl works with /16 ?

> Also I would stress the fact a configurable netmask for AWL with a
> conservative default would save a headache to most SA users.

why care ?

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