[Exim] Re: Rejecting all connections from non-local hosts

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Author: Suresh Ramasubramanian
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To: exim-users
Subject: [Exim] Re: Rejecting all connections from non-local hosts
+++ Tom Huckstep [exim-users] <31/08/01 16:53 +0100>:
> It's fetchmail I'm worried about.  The man page says that it's better
> to use SMTP, as opposed to running a command:
>        -m <command>, --mda <command>
>               (Keyword:  mda)  You can force mail to be passed to
>               an MDA directly (rather than forwarded to port  25)
>               with  the  -mda  or  -m option.  Be aware that this


In which case, you can set the MDA to something like
"/usr/sbin/sendmail     -oem     -f     %F     %T"
as the fine manpage suggests.


> expect I could just use '--mda=/usr/sbin/exim -bs', otherwise I'll
> stick to the listener.


     -suresh


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