On 08/10/2010 22:59, Jeremy Harris wrote:
>>>> Is there a way to blacklist IP ranges using MySQL?
>>> [...]
>>>> 41.0.0.0/8
>>>> 58.0.0/8
>>>
>>> condition = ${if match_ip{$sender_host_address}\
>>> {${lookup mysql.......}}}
>>
>> Every time that condition is called, it would fetch the entire table of
>> data from MySQL and then use Exim to sort through it.
>
> Depending entirely on what lookup you did.....
If you just stored network addresses like 41.0.0.0/8, you'd have to
fetch the entire table, hence my long description of using IP numbers.
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