Hi,
even if in ~/.eMule file external connections are disabled (AcceptExternalConnections=0) aMule opens the specified port and listens on it.
Connections requests to this port are denied, but it's a design failure to open a port when it's clear this port will not be used.
The same with ~/.aMule/muleconn - this socket is also opened even if the user had choosen not to allow external connections. (i know this file is in homedir and should be safe from being accessed from other users - but it's a design failure of aMule which *could* be used to compromise the the machine)
thermoman