Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> writes: > On Sun 05 Oct 2014 at 12:01:48 -0400, Harry Putnam wrote: > >> when running `dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config' I've run accross a few >> of the questions that are confusing to me... >> >> The current one I'm stumbling over is >> >> 1) A question about listing of host IPs the smtp listener will >> listen for... >> >> And then later on there is >> 2) A question about which hosts your server will relay for. >> >> (NOTE: These question do not appear back to back as I have them here) >> >> I probably have this all wrong but isn't the first question referring >> to remote IPs that will be using the server as smtp server. > > I cannot find the first question you describe. It might be best to > quote it in full and relate it to mail relaying.
Pay no attention to the numbers I used, they have no baring on order of questions on the ncurses questionnaire one gets when running: `dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config' I posted this as 1) │ Please enter a semicolon-separated list of IP addresses. The Exim SMTP │ │ listener daemon will listen on all IP addresses listed here. │ │ │ │ An empty value will cause Exim to listen for connections on all │ │ available network interfaces. │ │ │ │ If this system only receives mail directly from local services (and not │ │ from other hosts), it is suggested to prohibit external connections to │ │ the local Exim daemon. Such services include e-mail programs (MUAs) │ │ which talk to localhost only as well as fetchmail. External connections │ │ are impossible when 127.0.0.1 is entered here, as this will disable │ │ listening on public network interfaces. │ And this as 2) │ Please enter a semicolon-separated list of IP address ranges for which │ │ this system will unconditionally relay mail, functioning as a smarthost. │ │ │ │ You should use the standard address/prefix format (e.g. 194.222.242.0/24 │ │ or 5f03:1200:836f::/48). │ │ │ │ If this system should not be a smarthost for any other host, leave this │ │ list blank. │ │ │ │ Machines to relay mail for: │ │ │ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/87h9zi8jqq....@reader.local.lan
