Lock down sendmail?

[Adil Kodian]

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From: owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org [mailto:owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org]On Behalf Of Robert
Brockway
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 10:54 AM
To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Lock down sendmail?


On Fri, 28 Jan 2005, William O'Higgins wrote:

> what I want.  Basically, this is what I'm hoping for:
>
> ACCEPT: local mail only
> SEND:	local mail only

When I need to do this I use a firewall.  It's a Linux box right?
Configure iptables to REJECT any attempts to connect to tcp/25 in the
OUTPUT chain on the box itself.



just configure postfix/sendmail to listen ONLY to localhost .. you dotn need
a firewall or anything.


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