Brian Candler said: > On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 02:10:50AM -0800, Peter William Lount wrote: >> I've learned that port 465 is reserved/utilized for secure SMTP. Does >> this also apply to ESMTP? I'm guessing so. >> >> >From FreeBSD's /etc/services >> smtp 25/tcp mail #Simple Mail Transfer >> smtp 25/udp mail #Simple Mail Transfer >> smtps 465/tcp #smtp protocol over TLS/SSL (was ssmtp) >> smtps 465/udp #smtp protocol over TLS/SSL (was ssmtp) > > It's an obsolete assignment, ignore it.
Unless your clients are MS Outlook Express - it still uses port 465, AFAIK. > Secure SMTP is done over port 25 using the 'STARTTLS' ESMTP extension. For most all other clients, yes. -- PGP Fingerprint: 0AA8 DC47 CB63 AE3F C739 6BF9 9AB4 1EF6 5AA5 BCDF Member, LEAF Project <http://leaf.sourceforge.net> AIM: MikeLeone Public Key - <http://www.mike-leone.com/~turgon/turgon-public-key.asc> Registered Linux user# 201348 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: FREE SSL Guide from Thawte are you planning your Web Server Security? Click here to get a FREE Thawte SSL guide and find the answers to all your SSL security issues. http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0026en _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
