On Sun 05 Oct 2014 at 14:16:45 -0400, Harry Putnam wrote: > 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: │ > │ │
Don Armstrong has given the definitive answer. 1) is the list of addresses to listen *on* (not listen *for*). I leave it blank; which means exim listens *on* all interfaces. I do this so connections can be made from anywhere, including the internet. -- 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/20141005183304.gh17...@copernicus.demon.co.uk
