Subj : Re: Getting email
To   : Digital Man
From : Gryphon
Date : Sat Jul 02 2005 10:20 pm

On 07-02-05, Digital Man said...
 
DM>  > DM>         netstat -ap | grep smtp
DM>  > 
DM>  > Results:
DM>  > 
DM>  > tcp        0     0 localhost:smtp      *:*  LISTEN    18450/master
DM>  > 
DM>  > Does that tell you anything?
DM> 
DM> You have a program named "master" that has bound the SMTP port (TCP port 2
DM> to
DM> the "localhost" interface. No one is going to be able to connect to that
DM> interface except processes running on the same machine. Sounds like you ha
DM> this program configured to bind to the wrong network interface. Normally, 
DM> would bind to 0/ANY, so the program can accept connections on *any* networ
DM> interface you have.

Here is the relevant (i think) configuration line in /etc/postfix/master.cf

# ==========================================================================
# service type  private unpriv  chroot  wakeup  maxproc command + args
#               (yes)   (yes)   (yes)   (never) (100)
# ==========================================================================
smtp    inet    n   -   y   -   -   smtpd

And according to the master man page:
DESCRIPTION
   The  master daemon is the resident process that runs Postfix daemons on
   demand: daemons to send or receive messages via the network, daemons to
   deliver mail locally, etc.  These daemons are created on demand up to a
   configurable maximum number per service.
 
   Postfix daemons terminate voluntarily, either after being  idle  for a
   configurable  amount  of  time, or after having serviced a configurable
   number of requests. The exception to this rule is the resident Postfix
   queue manager.

Gryphon, aka Darryl Perry
Sysop of Cyberia BBS, Kingwood, TX.
telnet://cyberia.darktech.org

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