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Re: Alternative SMTP port

From: Victor Duchovni (Victor.DuchovniMorganStanley.com)
Date: Fri Aug 31 2007 - 15:59:56 CDT


On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 09:42:09PM +0100, K. C. Li wrote:

> On Fri, 31 Aug 2007, Jay Chandler wrote:
>
> > Uncomment the lines about submission in master.cf-- that'll allow SASL
> > authentication to the submission port, traditionally 587. You might
> > also want to read up on configuring SASL...
>
> Thank you, Jay and Andreas! The alternative port is working fine now. We
> have to go higher than 1024 as 587 appears to be blocked by some ISPs too.

I don't think that is a good idea, use the standard submission port. ISPs
have no reason to block 587, and if a small number do that (which ones?),
they will soon learn the error of their ways? Gmail uses 587, you can
probably do likewise.

--
        Viktor.

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