On Wed, 7 Aug 2002, James P. Roberts wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 04:24:36PM -0700, Marc Perkel wrote:
> > > I want to have exim listen on more that one port. I want it to listen on
> > > port 23 and Port 25. This is to get around services that block port 25.
> > > how do I do that?
> >
> > http://www.exim.org/exim-html-4.00/doc/html/spec_13.html#IX807
> >
> > If you set the IP address to be 0.0.0.0 (INADDR_ANY), then it will be
> > bound to all interfaces.
> >
> > MBM
> >
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> > Matthew Byng-Maddick <mbm@???> http://colondot.net/
> >
>
> But he wants a second port on the same interface. He really needs to upgrade to
> Exim 4, which allows multiple port connections to be specified (as well as
> multiple interfaces, if desired).
Really? Hrm. I tried doing multiple ports and it didnt work.. Perhaps I
will RTFM some more..
>
> I should point out that there are already a couple of ports reserved for email, in
> addition to port 25. Check your /etc/services file for "SMTP" and "mail" to get
> an idea. Might as well go with standards, rather than willy-nilly picking random
> ports.
515 is for 'message submission', which is appropriate for this
situation. 23 is telnet, you dont want that one.
>
> I, for one, remain appalled at the idea of hijacking ports. But the ISP
> motivation is strong; they are trying to block spammers from abusing ISP
> bandwidth. Nevertheless, the ends do not justify the means.
>
> Jim Roberts
> Punster Productions, Inc.
>
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