SMTP on port other than 25 through DNS???

Igmar Palsenberg maillist at chello.nl
Sat Jan 6 14:49:03 UTC 2001



> I though incoming mail was on port 110 (POP3) or IMAP (not sure which
> port) SMTP on port 25 is for sending mail

Nope. STMP servers use 25 to receive and send mail. POP3 and IMAP have
nothing to do with SMTP.

> I don't know if it's a DNS issue or not; a mail server is a mail
> server, just configure it to listen on a different port and configure
> your mail client to do the same. (I think....I could be wrong, though,
> anyone can correct me if I am!!) 

Than he can't receive mail. And sending also goes wrong if the receiver
checks the source port.





	Igmar




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