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Re: howto setup outgoing port to 587 ?

From: mouss (moussnetoyen.net)
Date: Sat Dec 27 2008 - 04:54:55 CST


Vidar Salberg Normann a écrit :
>>> My ISP, ATT blocks port 25. I think if I just send the email to port 587
>>> ( which is how I've configured Thunderbird ) this should work.
>> On 587, you will also need SASL authentication. This is a "submission"
>> service.
>
> Does this mean you can't make postfix treat traffic on port 587 exactly like
> normal SMTP traffic on port 25, while also accepting SASL and/or AUTH
> LOGIN if used?
>

you can do what you want _your_ postfix. 587 is just a number. it just
happens to be the recommended submission port and the recommendation is
to use SASL for submission.