[tpop3d-discuss]listen-address question

[M. Boelen]

Easy to check yourself:

Check the output of:
netstat -an | grep '110'

Change the option and check the output of netstat again ;-)

127.0.0.1 = localhost, so only connections to this interface are possible.

Regards,

Michael

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>I am trying to understand the listen-address: parameter in tpop3d.conf. At
>the moment I have "listen-address: 0.0.0.0", which, as I understand it,
>allows all connections on the default port of 110. If I change this to
>"listen-address: 127.0.0.1" will this limit connections to only my
>localhost? I want my users to use web-mail only, instead of their own
>e-mail clients.
>
>Thanks,
>Ian.
>
>
>Ian Armstrong
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