Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Bas Zoutendijk <slzoutendijk@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Sendmail confused by network change
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 17:12:58
Message-Id: 20170920171258.GC8002@blackeye.localdomain
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Sendmail confused by network change by "J. Roeleveld"
1 On Wed 20 Sep 2017 at 19:02:52 +0200, J. Roeleveld wrote:
2 > To clarify:
3 > The IP-address determines how it is accessible. If the IP is not accessible
4 > from the rest of the world, then you don't have to worry too much about
5 > securing your mailserver.
6 >
7 > The domain name is only an address-book entry. Unless it is fully entered into
8 > the public one, noone will see the IP you are using. And as mentioned above,
9 > even if they can, the IP is sitting behind a router and is most likely in a
10 > private range.
11
12 Good to know, thanks.
13
14 Sincerely,
15
16 Bas
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19 Sebastiaan L. Zoutendijk | slzoutendijk@×××××.com