Re: Many ports open by default

[Will Lowe <harpo@thebackrow.net>]

> > I think it's safe to assume that your system MUST have a working MTA of
> > some sort (even if it's local-only, which is supported by eximconfig).
> This is true, but does it need to be world-accessible?  There should
> be a way to either have it listen on localhost only, or not listen on

Sure, don't run the daemon at all.  When you install exim, "rm
/etc/init.d/rc?.d/S*exim" and it won't start.  Local processes will be
able to send mail via the /usr/sbin/sendmail link, and there's a cronjob
in /etc/cron.d/exim that'll try to clear the queue twice an hour.

> and perhaps this should be the default (correct me if this is already
> the case, but I don't recall it being so).  Would it be feasible to

There isn't a default, it just leaves the package unconfigured, IIRC.