RE: [Exim] problems running exim on non-standard port

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Author: Gatenby, Damon
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To: Nigel Metheringham
CC: exim-users
Subject: RE: [Exim] problems running exim on non-standard port
Nigel,

I tried the daemon_smtp_port variable in the config file, it did not work.
Its possible my syntax was wrong:
> daemon_smtp_port = 9925
>

Damon


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> From:     Nigel Metheringham
> Sent:     Monday, May 19, 2003 10:01 AM
> To:     Gatenby, Damon
> Cc:     exim-users@???
> Subject:     Re: [Exim] problems running exim on non-standard port

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> On Mon, 2003-05-19 at 14:47, Gatenby, Damon wrote:
> > I have gone through the documentation and FAQ and have tried different config file arguments and have not worked.
> > on my last attempt I changed the mail line in my inetd.conf file from:
>
> The first word of an inetd.conf line is the service (effectively the
> port number).
>
> Do run exim this way (not really recommended) you should do something
> like:-
>   9925  stream    tcp    nowait    mail    /usr/sbin/exim exim -bs

>
> If your inetd is quite old and cannot handle numbers in inetd.conf you
> should add a service into /etc/services for port 9925 and use that in
> the inetd.conf
>
> More normally you would set daemon_smtp_port in the configuration file.
>
>     Nigel.

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