From: Tom Warfield (twarfieldastcorp.com)
Date: Mon May 03 2004 - 16:06:44 CDT

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"STARTTLS-capable smtpd"

So this is something that postfix handles I take it?

How do I set it up???

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-postfix-userspostfix.org
[mailto:owner-postfix-userspostfix.org]On Behalf Of Chris Paul
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 4:01 PM
To: Tom Warfield
Cc: postfix-userspostfix.org
Subject: Re: IMAP with SSL ports

On Mon, 3 May 2004 15:45:34 -0500
"Tom Warfield" <twarfieldastcorp.com> wrote:

> But how is SMTP going to deal with the SSL requirement? I thought
> that the port 25 would be dealt with by only postfix, and if that is
> true then I guess Postfix is going to setup the SSL tunnel between the
> client and the email server.

IMAP is a different protocol than SMTP. SMTP with SSL (typically TLS,
actually) can be run on any port. Typically it is just 25... or perhaps
587 for submission/SASL logins.

but IMAP anyhow is:

IMAP-TLS : typically port 143 (same as regular IMAP)
IMAP-SSL : typically port 993

Outlook will use TLS on port 25 if you check the "this server requires a
SSL connection" option and have a STARTTLS-capable smtpd.

CP

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