On 28/02 09:33, Peter Bowyer wrote: > On 28/02/07, Peter Farmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've run exim_checkaccess over the whole list and found a few more as well. > > The actually server is running 4.65, but I've also tested on 4.66. > > > > Should I open a bug? > > > > Hmm... can you try the IPs in question in a totally new file, don't > copy/paste... I'm suspecting odd characters in your file which might > be upsetting things. That error is generated when Exim detects an > oddly-constructed IP address or mask, with the following comment: > > /* The pattern is not an IP address. A common error that people make is to > omit > one component of an IPv4 address, either by accident, or believing that, for > example, 1.2.3/24 is the same as 1.2.3.0/24, or 1.2.3 is the same as 1.2.3.0, > which it isn't. (Those applications that do accept 1.2.3 as an IP address > interpret it as 1.2.0.3 because the final component becomes 16-bit - this is > an > ancient specification.) To aid in debugging these cases, we give a specific > error if the pattern contains only digits and dots or contains a slash > preceded > only by digits and dots (a slash at the start indicates a file name and of > course slashes may be present in lookups, but not preceded only by digits and > dots). */ > > The code looks to do what it says on the tin. But then again.... >
Yeahs look like it might be funny characters in the file, because if I delete a line with one of the ip addresses on and then re-add that line by typing it it works correctly. Thanks for the help, -- Peter Farmer -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
