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Matt Kettler writes:
> At 04:10 PM 7/13/04 -0700, Justin Mason wrote:
> > > >1) is it possible to disable spamd from binding to an IP address? even
> > > >127.0.0.1? so that nobody can communicate to it that way. Though spamd
> > > >should still be able to run network tests.
> > >
> > > No, because spamd only supports inet sockets for communication with spamc.
> > > If it did not bind any IP nobody running spamc would be able to 
> > communicate
> > > with it, not even you.
> >
> >actually -- I think --listen-ip would do that.   Tell it to bind to just
> >one interface with that.
> 
> Actualy justin, that's exactly what he wanted to prevent.. I wanted it to 
> NOT bind. Not to an interface, not to a loopback, not anything in the inet 
> domain.
> 
> So can you do --listen-ip 0.0.0.0 or some such to disable inet binding 
> entirely?

> >actually, it does too support unix-domain sockets ;)
> 
> Yes, I self corrected on that one. Does binding to a unix domain socket 
> disable inet binding?

as far as I know, yes.

> >...and, actually, in 3.0.0 you can log to file or to stderr.
> 
> That's good to know. There are a few people, such as Dimitrios, who have a 
> legitamate use for it. However, my money is that 90% of the people who use 
> it are people who just don't know how to configure syslogd. :)
> 
> >(Sorry Matt -- just had to catch you on those ;)
> 
> Hey, I'm hardly perfect, although I am at least good. :)

yeah, you got me on the first one anyway!

- --j.
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