At 3/3/04 12:42 PM, Bruce Dorland wrote:

>Reseller's are using a combination of both sending mail through our email
>servers and that of the ISP.  In such case where the ISP has blocked
>external access for Port 25, we have a non-standard port available as well
>(Port 8025).

FYI, RFC 2476 sets aside port 587 specifically for this purpose. Port 587 
is by design intended to not be blocked by ISPs, even if they block port 
25 and other ports.

Some newer mail programs are starting to suggest (or even default to) 
port 587, and this is likely to gain momentum as anti-spam measures such 
as SPF get more popular.

Anyone using any non-standard ports for this should migrate to using port 
587.

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