is localhost good to block?

Matt Kettler mkettler at EVI-INC.COM
Fri Mar 21 19:21:24 GMT 2003


Unless you're sure that nobody originates mail directly from your
mailserver using network loopbacks, including cron jobs, etc, blocking
localhost is a _bad_ idea.


At 07:38 AM 3/21/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I was just unsubscribed to a listserv I belong to. So, I looked at the
>header of a message I had once received from that list, and noticed it says
>it's coming from (localhost 127.0.0.1]) Should I contact the listmom to ask
>them to change this, or should I just allow mail from localhost? If I
>contact them, what should I say?
>
>--
>Jody Cleveland
>(cleveland at winnefox.org)
>
>Winnefox Library System
>Computer Support Specialist



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