> What exactly do you mean by 'local loopback address'? I'm pretty sure I > know what you're talking about, but I wanted to make sure I understood > you correctly.
somehost:/var/log/spamassassin# ifconfig -a eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr *** inet addr:10.5.5.5 Bcast:*** Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: *** Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:24126 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:1997 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:1636915 (1.5 MiB) TX bytes:277265 (270.7 KiB) lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:826 (826.0 b) TX bytes:826 (826.0 b) lo:0 Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:10.5.5.1 Mask:255.255.255.255 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4 NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)