Re: trying to restrict exim smtp to specific IP

[Adam Hardy <adam.ant@cyberspaceroad.com>]

Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. on 20/01/10 21:23, wrote:
> On Wednesday 20 January 2010 14:59:15 Adam Hardy wrote:
> > Liam O'Toole on 20/01/10 20:41, wrote:
> > > On 2010-01-20, Adam Hardy <adam.ant@cyberspaceroad.com> wrote:
> > > > 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
> > > Try running (as root) 'dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config' and follow the
> > > prompts. An explanation of the various options is given in Section 2 of
> > > the file /usr/share/doc/exim4-base/README.Debian.html.
> > I did that to begin with, since I had to install exim myself anyway. The
> >  option to be an "internet server; mail is sent and received using SMTP" is
> >  the closest, but as above, I don't want to receive.
>
> Use that setting.  There will be a later question that asks you what 
> interfaces (or was it IPs?) that you want to listen on.  Don't specify your 
> public interface (only lo) and you won't be receiving any mail.

Not allowed to do that - apparently it would foobar the local network where the 
host server of my vserver sits. I've got to use the public IP address if I 
configure this, but I'd feel happier if I didn't have to listen on port 25 at 
all. I don't want any incoming mail - I just want to send.

Adam