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Bind postfix to specific IP address

Posted on 2010-02-05 by apeekaboo

A short note on postfix and how to bind postfix to listen to a specific IP address, to localhost 127.0.0.1 in this case:

Edit the file /etc/postfix/main.cf:

inet_interfaces = 127.0.0.1

Save and exit the file.
Restart postfix

# /etc/init.d/postfix restart

Verify:

# netstat -ltn |grep 25
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