Port 25 is SMTP (both for client to send to you, and you to send to another mail server) Port 110 is POP3 (clients to retrieve mail on)
John Martoccio Intelligent Solutions (a computer VAR) Fox Lake, IL, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of BSarton > Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 9:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Port 25 or 110 beetween outlook and smtp server ? > > > Is it port 25 or port 110 which is used beetween outlook and > the smtp server > when sending out an email ? > Or both ? > > In a 'old' document about the SMTP protocol, I read that the > email goes out > on port 110 up to the smtp server, > and then continues its route on port 25 under the SMTP protocol. > > Outlook settings are preconfigured with smtp servers on port > 25. Does it > mean " beetween me and my smtp server", or "after my smtp server" ? > > This question because I had a customer with smtp configured > on port 110 on a > mac, and I want to know if he did a configuration mistake, or > if this is was > an older valid setting > > Thanks > > Benoit > > > This is the discussion list for the IMS Free email server software. > To unsubscribe send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Delivered by Rockliffe MailSite > http://www.rockliffe.com/mailsite > Rock Solid Software (tm) > This is the discussion list for the IMS Free email server software. To unsubscribe send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered by Rockliffe MailSite http://www.rockliffe.com/mailsite Rock Solid Software (tm)
