Roy Urick wrote: > Sorry, not an option. I have 500+ systems using port 26 and no fast way to > setup the submission port on all clients. Unfortunately I misplaced my magic > wand, so I cant reset all of my mail clients by hand in the next 5 1/5 hours > before they start waking up and arriving at work in the AM. > > Your idea is grand on paper, but epic fail in reality. NEXT! ;)
Hmmmmm.... "epic fail" perhaps, but not on Jeff's suggestion to use standard submission port. We recently moved 5200+ users from BQ to BX. We've always used standard submission port (587), but used POP-before-SMTP instead of authenticated SMTP on 587. That changed with the move to BX. Rather than risk freaking out at the last minute we made sure that we communicated the change with customers, notifying every user about the date and time of the cutover. Of course, not every user will read and understand, so we did take a few support tickets (less than 50!) to walk some users through their changes. I'm not sure who would have told you to go with SMTP on 26, but I would use this opportunity to begin your move toward standardization. That way you won't be stuck with some weird set of procedures and leave your customers out hanging in the wind. SMTP belongs on 25, Submission belongs on 587. The sooner you get your machines and your users with that program the better off you'll be. Then your "next" move (or the next time the box YUM updates, or...) you won't have another "epic fail" on your hands. -- Chris Gebhardt VIRTBIZ Internet Services Access, Web Hosting, Colocation, Dedicated www.virtbiz.com | toll-free (866) 4 VIRTBIZ _______________________________________________ Blueonyx mailing list [email protected] http://www.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx
