Re: [Exim] Port 587

On 4/27/2004 7:28, "Nigel Metheringham"
<Nigel.Metheringham@???> wrote:

> On Tue, 2004-04-27 at 15:15, Craig Kelley wrote:
>> Have Exim listen on two ports; one of them a local-only port. Then,
>> have stunnel connect the second port with 465 on SSL. That way, you can
>> still differentiate SSL vs. non-SSL traffic in a single exim.conf file.
>>
>> Can anyone see a problem with doing it that way?
>
> Yes.
>
> The connections exim "sees" are all from 127.0.0.1 - which makes host
> and RBL checks useless, and may have the interesting side effect of
> making it so anyone can relay through your box (127.0.0.1 is often a
> trusted network).

It's also likely to keep your messages out of those sites who tell
SpamAssassin/pick-alternative to check ALL received headers for unwanted
ips, as many dnsbls don't like any part of 127/8.

--John