SMTP on port other than 25 through DNS???

Igmar Palsenberg maillist at chello.nl
Sat Jan 6 14:46:25 UTC 2001



> Problem is that roadrunner blocks port 25 so I
> can't get any incoming mail.

Wow, I wish all ISP did this. Would save a great bunch of spam.

> I was wondering if I
> might be able to alter the MX record in the
> nameserver to specify an alternative port in
> addition to my hostname, and then I could have my
> MTA listening in on that port.

No. 25 is the default port, no way to change that.
 
> I'm worried that I can't do this, but I'm out of
> other ideas or alternate high-speed ISP's.  If
> not, any suggestions on other ways to get around
> this (roadrunner only blocks port 25, will unblock
> it for additional $150/month, which is not
> feasible for me)?  All suggestions and/or pointers
> appreciated.
> 
> Thanks so much,
> 
> Dan


	Igmar




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