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default listen_addresses: use 127.0.0.1 instead of `localhost' because `localhost' could be bound to some other IP address. This is unlikely but could be. Using 127.0.0.1 is more safe. See mailing list for details
author meillo@marmaro.de
date Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:34:40 +0200
parents 4fd237550525
children cab46cefa4ce
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162 162
163 (Substitute `HOSTNAME' with the real value, of course.) 163 (Substitute `HOSTNAME' with the real value, of course.)
164 164
165 Such a setup (i.e. the default one) does: 165 Such a setup (i.e. the default one) does:
166 - deliver mail locally 166 - deliver mail locally
167 - accept mail from local (via stdin) 167 - accept mail on stdin (plain text)
168 - accept mail on localhost:25 (via SMTP) (if started as daemon) 168 - accept mail on stdin (SMTP) (if started with -bs)
169 - accept mail on the local port 25 (SMTP) (if started with -bd)
169 170
170 It does not 171 It does not
171 - transfer mail to other machines 172 - transfer mail to other machines
172 - accept mail from outside your machine 173 - accept mail from outside your machine
173 174