Re: [exim] [Newbie] Configure exim for a LAN

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Author: Fabien LUCE
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To: exim-users, Fabien LUCE
Subject: Re: [exim] [Newbie] Configure exim for a LAN
Hi,

i've been a little more adhead with that telnet thing, since i can telnet
this way on my server:

telnet localhost 25
but i can't telnet server.example.org 25

my /etc/hosts is however:
127.0.1.1 server.example.org 25


2010/2/22 Phil Pennock <exim-users@???>

> On 2010-02-22 at 10:20 +0100, Fabien LUCE wrote:
> > I have checked exim4 and the iptables rules, no pb!
> >
> > I have performed a netstat -a | grep smtp
> > tcp        0      0 localhost:smtp          *:*
> LISTEN
> > tcp6       0      0 [::]:smtp               [::]:*
>  LISTEN

> >
> >
> >
> > Do you have an idea?
>
> Those show that Exim is only listening on localhost on IPv4. 127.0.0.1 is
> the
> IPv4 localhost address, :: is the "listening to everything" in6addr_any
> IPv6 address, equivalent to the IPv4 0.0.0.0 INADDR_ANY.
>
> If the facility to do so is available, Exim marks IPv6 sockets to only
> receive IPv6 connections.
>
> Whatever you did to start listening on all addresses was incomplete.
>
> -Phil
>