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

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Autor: Dan Lowe
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A: Tom Huckstep
Cc: Dr Andrew C Aitchison, exim-users
Asunto: Re: [Exim] Rejecting all connections from non-local hosts
Previously, Tom Huckstep said:
>
> > Which MUAs talk to port 25 on the local host, rather than running
> > exim themselves ?
>
> It's fetchmail I'm worried about. The man page says that it's better
> to use SMTP, as opposed to running a command:


I'd stop using inetd, start up a daemon (i.e. exim -bd -q1h) and set

local_interfaces = 127.0.0.1

Then it will bind only to localhost, and your "external" IP(s) won't
have a listening daemon on them.

-dan

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