For years we've been using a single config file for all our mail  
servers that had the following:

local_interfaces = 0.0.0.0.25 : 0.0.0.0.5190 : 0.0.0.0.587

But now we have a machine where we're running a special SMTP instance  
on just one of its interfaces.  So I thought I would just make sure I  
start that other one first.  But when exim can't bind to all  
interfaces, it exits:

   socket bind() to port 25 for address (any IPv4) failed: Address  
already in use: daemon abandoned

Likewise if I tried listing all possible addresses under  
local_interfaces, hoping it would bind to those it could and just  
forget about the rest.

So is there any way to do what I'm trying to do without having a  
special config file for this one host?  I'd like it to soft fail when  
it can't bind to a particular address.

Thanks...


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