Patrick Fay put forth on 8/28/2010 7:57 PM:
I was hoping to use the application firewall because this machine gets used both as a server as well as a client machine for more general use. I haven't been able to find any specific documentation for it, but I have found that the firewall works fine with postfix and several file services I use (enabling/disabling works as expected, process names get logged as expected, etc). Thanks!
Patrick
So, you're running Dovecot and Postfix on a laptop? WTF?
Sorry for the confusion--no laptop involved. Postfix, dovecot, etc, all running on intel-based desktop mac (a mac pro).
Same difference. You're running a full blown MTA and an IMAP server on a "client" machine. Why? Is this a production level setup? Or do you have these server daemons installed merely for testing purposes before putting a dedicated server box into production?
Running a production setup of an MTA and IMAP server on one's workstation, with an MX record etc pointed at the box, is very, very... odd, rare.
-- Stan