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Make Postfix listen on 0.0.0.0

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Jonathan Villa

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Apr 1, 2004, 6:04:30 PM4/1/04
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Postfix is only listening on local (127.0.0.1:25) where is the config
option to change it so that it is listening on 0.0.0.0:25

Magnus Bäck

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Apr 1, 2004, 6:10:07 PM4/1/04
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On Friday, April 02, 2004 at 01:05 CEST,
Jonathan Villa <jvi...@isdesigndev.com> wrote:

> Postfix is only listening on local (127.0.0.1:25) where is the config
> option to change it so that it is listening on 0.0.0.0:25

http://www.postfix.org/basic.html#inet_interfaces

See also master.cf and make sure that the line ending with smtpd has
just smtp is the first column (as opposed to 127.0.0.1:smtp).

--=20
Magnus B=E4ck
mag...@dsek.lth.se

Terry Gilsenan

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Apr 1, 2004, 6:13:07 PM4/1/04
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Villa" <jvi...@isdesigndev.com>
To: <postfi...@postfix.org>
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 9:05 AM
Subject: Make Postfix listen on 0.0.0.0


> Postfix is only listening on local (127.0.0.1:25) where is the config
> option to change it so that it is listening on 0.0.0.0:25
>

That is insane!,

You dont have that many IP's on your server. If you did, then there would be
no reason tohave IP's because yours would be the only host on the net.

You actually want it to listen on the IP's that your network adaptors have.

Regards,
T


Rob Foehl

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Apr 1, 2004, 6:15:22 PM4/1/04
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On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Terry Gilsenan wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jonathan Villa" <jvi...@isdesigndev.com>
> To: <postfi...@postfix.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 9:05 AM
> Subject: Make Postfix listen on 0.0.0.0
>
>
> > Postfix is only listening on local (127.0.0.1:25) where is the config
> > option to change it so that it is listening on 0.0.0.0:25
> >
>
> That is insane!,
>
> You dont have that many IP's on your server. If you did, then there would be
> no reason tohave IP's because yours would be the only host on the net.

No, it's not. netstat -an |grep LISTEN and/or read up on just what the
wildcard address is. Please don't spread FUD.

-Rob

Terry Gilsenan

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Apr 1, 2004, 6:21:21 PM4/1/04
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What was I thinking? Mea Culpa.

I appologise to the original poster "Jonathan Villa" unreservedly.

As for FUD, well its part of my job description. <cringe>

Regards,
T

Jonathan Villa

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Apr 1, 2004, 6:14:00 PM4/1/04
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Thanks!!! That worked.


On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 17:11, Magnus B=C3=A4ck wrote:
> On Friday, April 02, 2004 at 01:05 CEST,
> Jonathan Villa <jvi...@isdesigndev.com> wrote:

>=20


> > Postfix is only listening on local (127.0.0.1:25) where is the config
> > option to change it so that it is listening on 0.0.0.0:25

>=20
> http://www.postfix.org/basic.html#inet_interfaces
>=20

WC -Sx- Jones

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Apr 1, 2004, 8:58:19 PM4/1/04
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Rob Foehl wrote:
> No, it's not. netstat -an |grep LISTEN and/or read up on just what the
> wildcard address is. Please don't spread FUD.

True.

And on some systems this was changed to *.25

Same as 0.0.0.0:25 (all ips and interfaces on localhost)

To stop the confusion.
Bill

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