Re: trying to restrict exim smtp to specific IP

2010-01-21 Thread Joe
Adam Hardy wrote: 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@cyberspaceroad.com wrote: My vserver set-up has very simple requirements - I just want the

Re: trying to restrict exim smtp to specific IP

2010-01-21 Thread Adam Hardy
Alex Samad on 21/01/10 02:10, wrote: On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 12:56:16AM +, Adam Hardy wrote: Alex Samad on 21/01/10 00:30, wrote: On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 12:01:01AM +, Adam Hardy wrote: Camaleón on 20/01/10 21:30, wrote: inet_interfaces = 10.20.30.40, localhost ***

Re: trying to restrict exim smtp to specific IP

2010-01-21 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:01:01 +, Adam Hardy wrote: Camaleón on 20/01/10 21:30, wrote: inet_interfaces = 10.20.30.40, localhost *** master_service_disable=smtp.inet And what is that parameter for? :-? Ah, you wanted to disable smtp connections at all? Mmm, I'm still a bit confused

Re: trying to restrict exim smtp to specific IP

2010-01-21 Thread Adam Hardy
Joe on 21/01/10 10:42, wrote: Exim4 will use port 25 as a source port when sending, but that is independent of the local interface setting. Really? I thought applications just opened random high-numbered ports for outbound traffic. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: trying to restrict postfix use of port [was trying to restrict exim smtp to specific IP]

2010-01-21 Thread Adam Hardy
Camaleón on 21/01/10 12:29, wrote: On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:01:01 +, Adam Hardy wrote: Camaleón on 20/01/10 21:30, wrote: inet_interfaces = 10.20.30.40, localhost *** master_service_disable=smtp.inet And what is that parameter for? :-? Ah, you wanted to disable smtp connections at all?

Re: trying to restrict exim smtp to specific IP

2010-01-21 Thread Adam Hardy
Adam Hardy on 21/01/10 11:13, wrote: Alex Samad on 21/01/10 02:10, wrote: On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 12:56:16AM +, Adam Hardy wrote: Alex Samad on 21/01/10 00:30, wrote: On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 12:01:01AM +, Adam Hardy wrote: Camaleón on 20/01/10 21:30, wrote: inet_interfaces =

Re: trying to restrict postfix use of port [was trying to restrict exim smtp to specific IP]

2010-01-21 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:11:58 +, Adam Hardy wrote: Camaleón on 21/01/10 12:29, wrote: Didn't you say this? *** It should listen like this (or all hell breaks loose on their server farm): tcp0 0 10.20.30.40:25 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN *** So if that

Re: trying to restrict exim smtp to specific IP

2010-01-21 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed,20.Jan.10, 23:58:35, Adam Hardy wrote: 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

Re: trying to restrict exim smtp to specific IP

2010-01-21 Thread Adam Hardy
Andrei Popescu on 21/01/10 17:54, wrote: On Wed,20.Jan.10, 23:58:35, Adam Hardy wrote: 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

Re: trying to restrict exim smtp to specific IP

2010-01-21 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Thu,21.Jan.10, 18:19:46, Adam Hardy wrote: This is a virtual server on a hosting system with many others - and that's what the sysop said: [...] *Very important:* *Never allow anything to bind to localhost or 127.0.0.1.* Sounds pretty strange to me, but I admit I don't know much

Re: trying to restrict exim smtp to specific IP

2010-01-21 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Wednesday 20 January 2010 17:58:35 Adam Hardy wrote: 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@cyberspaceroad.com wrote: My vserver set-up has very

Re: trying to restrict exim smtp to specific IP

2010-01-21 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On Qui, 21 Jan 2010, Adam Hardy wrote: This is a virtual server on a hosting system with many others - and that's what the sysop said: No - please do not touch those at all, your vserver will stop working if you do. They are the internal IP address of the vserver. The data centre LAN

Re: trying to restrict exim smtp to specific IP

2010-01-21 Thread Alex Samad
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 11:13:41AM +, Adam Hardy wrote: Alex Samad on 21/01/10 02:10, wrote: On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 12:56:16AM +, Adam Hardy wrote: [snip] ? did not thing so, I have used null mailer on system I want to recieve emails from, just point it to a smtp server and thats

trying to restrict exim smtp to specific IP

2010-01-20 Thread Adam Hardy
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

Re: trying to restrict exim smtp to specific IP

2010-01-20 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 07:01:16PM +, 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

Re: trying to restrict exim smtp to specific IP

2010-01-20 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:01:16 +, Adam Hardy wrote: Tip: it's better to open a new thread (new post instead to reply) if you are changing the theme of the e-mail :-) I'm installing stuff onto a vserver which I have just got, and according to the sysadmin at the hosting provider, due to

Re: trying to restrict exim smtp to specific IP

2010-01-20 Thread Liam O'Toole
On 2010-01-20, Adam Hardy adam@cyberspaceroad.com 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

Re: trying to restrict exim smtp to specific IP

2010-01-20 Thread Adam Hardy
Liam O'Toole on 20/01/10 20:41, wrote: On 2010-01-20, Adam Hardy adam@cyberspaceroad.com 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

Re: trying to restrict exim smtp to specific IP

2010-01-20 Thread Adam Hardy
Camaleón on 20/01/10 20:06, wrote: On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:01:16 +, Adam Hardy wrote: Tip: it's better to open a new thread (new post instead to reply) if you are changing the theme of the e-mail :-) Forgot about that! Are you still using Postfix? :-) If yes, you can change -again-

Re: trying to restrict exim smtp to specific IP

2010-01-20 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
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@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

Re: trying to restrict exim smtp to specific IP

2010-01-20 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:52:20 +, Adam Hardy wrote: Camaleón on 20/01/10 20:06, wrote: Tip: it's better to open a new thread (new post instead to reply) if you are changing the theme of the e-mail :-) Forgot about that! No problem, next time ;-) Are you still using Postfix? :-)

Re: trying to restrict exim smtp to specific IP

2010-01-20 Thread Adam Hardy
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@cyberspaceroad.com wrote: My vserver set-up has very simple requirements - I just want the system to send out

Re: trying to restrict exim smtp to specific IP

2010-01-20 Thread Adam Hardy
Camaleón on 20/01/10 21:30, wrote: inet_interfaces = 10.20.30.40, localhost *** master_service_disable=smtp.inet And what is that parameter for? :-? Ah, you wanted to disable smtp connections at all? Mmm, I'm still a bit confused about your goals... I would like port 25 to be closed.

Re: trying to restrict exim smtp to specific IP

2010-01-20 Thread Alex Samad
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 12:01:01AM +, Adam Hardy wrote: Camaleón on 20/01/10 21:30, wrote: inet_interfaces = 10.20.30.40, localhost *** master_service_disable=smtp.inet And what is that parameter for? :-? Ah, you wanted to disable smtp connections at all? Mmm, I'm still a bit

Re: trying to restrict exim smtp to specific IP

2010-01-20 Thread Adam Hardy
Alex Samad on 21/01/10 00:30, wrote: On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 12:01:01AM +, Adam Hardy wrote: Camaleón on 20/01/10 21:30, wrote: inet_interfaces = 10.20.30.40, localhost *** master_service_disable=smtp.inet And what is that parameter for? :-? Ah, you wanted to disable smtp connections

Re: trying to restrict exim smtp to specific IP

2010-01-20 Thread Alex Samad
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 12:56:16AM +, Adam Hardy wrote: Alex Samad on 21/01/10 00:30, wrote: On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 12:01:01AM +, Adam Hardy wrote: Camaleón on 20/01/10 21:30, wrote: inet_interfaces = 10.20.30.40, localhost *** master_service_disable=smtp.inet And what is that

Re: trying to restrict exim smtp to specific IP

2010-01-20 Thread Tom Furie
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 11:58:35PM +, Adam Hardy wrote: 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