On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 07:01:16PM +0000, Adam Hardy wrote: > I'm installing stuff onto a vserver which I have just got, and > according to the sysadmin at the hosting provider, due to their > set-up, I can't configure exim to listen on 127.0.0.1, I have to use > the given IP address. > > In case that doesn't make sense, I mean that I am not supposed to > get this netstat output: > > tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:25 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN > > > It should listen like this (or all hell breaks loose on their server farm): > > tcp 0 0 10.20.30.40:25 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN > > where 10.20.30.40 is the static IP I've been given (which is then > NAT'd by the hosting provider to something else). > > My vserver set-up has very simple requirements - I just want the > system to send out emails generated on the system locally, e.g. > piping command output to mailx > > Any enlightenment much appreciated not sure why listening to 127.0.0.1 isn't going to work. can I suggest if all you want is outbound mail maybe look at nullmailer > > Adam > > -- "I think it's important to bring somebody from outside the system, the judicial system, somebody that hasn't been on the bench and, therefore, there's not a lot of opinions for people to look at." - George W. Bush 10/04/2005 Washington, DC On the nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court
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