Re: exim help needed

[Krzys Majewski <majewski@cs.ubc.ca>]

Thanks Carel! This is exactly what I had in mind, but I
didn't know how to pull it off. Much nicer than my 
/etc/init.d/tcp-pipes hack, though a bit more overhead 
(slow on this 486/33, should be ok on the p3/500).
groetjes,
chris

> So I did it differently using tcp-wrappers/inetd, like this:
> 
> In /etc/services I added lines like "isp-smtp  100025/tcp". Numbers
> above 100000 go beyond the specs, but they seam to work here and
> no-one else is likely to use them, so no conflicts expected:)
> 
> In /etc/inetd.conf I added long-one-liners like:
> isp-smtp   stream  tcp  nowait  carel\
>     /usr/bin/ssh   /usr/bin/ssh isp bin/nc mail.isp.nl smtp
> 
> At my reliable ips I have compiled nc (netcat) and put it in ~/bin/nc.