Matthew Patton: > I love postfix but this struck me as a completely unnecessary failure mode.
Recent releases log this mistake as a warning: postfix/postmap[2328]: warning: cidr map /tmp/dict, line 1: non-null host address bits in "255.255.255.255/24", perhaps you should use "255.255.255.0/24" instead: skipping this rule postfix/smtpd[2355]: warning: mynetworks: non-null host address bits in "255.255.255.255/24", perhaps you should use "255.255.255.0/24" instead postfix/smtpd[2355]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from tail.porcupine.org[168.100.189.3]: 451 4.3.0 <u...@example.com>: Temporary lookup failure; from=<> to=<wietse> proto=SMTP The reason not to accept mail with this mistake in myetworks is that it caused somone's system to become an open relay. Wietse