Hello.
On 19 May 2003 at 16:11, Robert Gabriel wrote:
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> 196.39.126.35:smtp inet n - y - -
> smtpd -o content_filter=filter:dummy
>
> 172.20.164.52:smtp inet n - y - -
> smtpd
>
> localhost:smtp inet n - y - - smtpd
>
>
> Problem is, the client has an ISDN line that isn't up all the time
> (static IP) so we get the following errors in /var/log/maillog:
>
>
>
> May 12 07:42:45 za164052d postfix/master[958]: fatal: bind 196.39.126.35
> port 25: Cannot assign requested address
Looks like it can be solved at operating system level. In most unices you can make this
address always up, despite of actual ISDN (ppp?) link state. Just define any virtual
interface with this address. In Linux it can be a loopback clone, "lo:0".
Alexey