List, we are planning a new configuration to which we'll migrate an existing installation shortly. We are hoping to use Dovecot LMTP and have a query about the wiki entry for LMTP
where it suggests this config:
service lmtp { inet_listener lmtp { address = 192.168.0.24 127.0.0.1 ::1 port = 24 }
Does this example mean that LMTP will only listen for input messages from the interface with IP address 192.168.0.24 (plus localhost)? If so, I probably haven't understood how LMTP is intended to work. Is there a reason why we want to limit LMTP to listening for messages from a specific IP on the network? I need to understand that so that I replace ...24 with a suitable host interface that exists on our LAN (we don't have a host at 192.168.0.24).
Apologies for what must seem, to people using LMTP, a very basic question. Nevertheless, I would be grateful for any clarification.
regards, Ron