mail port 8025 conundrum

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On 2006-02-17 11:29, David Banning <david+dated+1140625793.a7a286 at skytracker.ca> wrote:
> > It looks like nothing is bound to port 8025 on 127.0.0.1 (localhost).
> >
> > You can do a sockstat and verify.
>
> root# sockstat -l | grep 8025
> tofmipd  python     238    5 tcp4   209.161.205.12:8025   *:*
> root#
>
> sockstat verifies that I have 8025 open on port 209.161.205.12 which
> is the IP address for all 7 domains. I don't understand why 8025
> -should- be bound to 127.0.0.1
>
> >From my persective, the fact that telnet banning.ca 8025 -looks- to
> 127.0.0.1 is a problem. I would expect it to go to the DNS server,
> find the IP address and connect.

That depends, of course, on what your nsswitch.conf or hosts.conf file
has been set up for :)