Jeff Chan wrote:

Does anyone have any comments or preferences for either style?

Why set bit 7 if there is no 7th set at the moment ? It would be nice in my test output. OTOH I added support for bits 8..15 a year ago because that's what you wanted, and for that you could also use 127.0.255.126.

=== test output today (truncated) === 127.0.0.2 (------1-): .ix.dnsbl.manitu.net 127.0.0.2 (------10): .combined.njabl.org 127.0.0.2 (---43210): .opm.blitzed.org 127.0.0.2 (------1-): .multi.surbl.org 127.0.0.2 (-----21-): .sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org

=== demo output for 127.0.0.126 === 127.0.0.2 (------1-): .ix.dnsbl.manitu.net 127.0.0.2 (------10): .combined.njabl.org 127.0.0.2 (---43210): .opm.blitzed.org 127.0.0.2 (7654321-): .multi.surbl.org 127.0.0.2 (-----21-): .sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org

=== demo output for 127.0.255.126 === 127.0.0.2 (------1-): .ix.dnsbl.manitu.net 127.0.0.2 (------10): .combined.njabl.org 127.0.0.2 (---43210): .opm.blitzed.org 127.0.0.2 (FEDBCA987654321-): .multi.surbl.org 127.0.0.2 (-----21-): .sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org

These "aesthetical considerations" are just for fun, if there are no more serious arguments at all. Bye