hmmm. ... thanks for the info. however i am still confused. I set up my k9 exactly as you suggested via the link. no port other than 25 worked for me for sending mails. i dont think there is a port blocking problem however. and both live.com and yahoo.com say explicitly that their smptp settings must be configured for port 465 or 587
please answer one more thing .. since i am using port-25 (even while choosing TLS) on k9 and no extra special settings, are my passwords sent using plain text ? On Sunday, January 12, 2014 1:04:40 PM UTC+5:30, Seth Holmes wrote: > > On 1/12/14, 1:55 AM, N wrote: > > I had been very frustrated setting up K9 on my mobile. none of my > account were > > able to send mails though all were able to fetch new mails. i tried > yahoo pop3 > > and live.com pop3 ... the same results. > > > > I am using a personal wifi hotspot which uses the connection from a LAN, > so i > > dont think there is any port blocking problem. I even tried opening > ports for > > ssl and starttls from my laptop. > > > > then just out of frustration i set the port on outgoing mail settings on > k9 as > > 25 (the default smtp port) while specifying starttls security and it > worked. > > it shd never have worked but it did. > > > > incidentally i was facing the same problem with thuderbird on my aptop > and the > > same hack worked for it too. > > > > is this a potential security bug ... i mean are all my passwords sent > using > > plain text ? what about the content of the mail ? > > > > someone please shed light > > This doesn't sound like a hack. This sounds like it's the settings for > whatever mail server you are using. And it doesn't matter if you're using > a > personal WiFi hotspot, it still has to go through some provider who may or > may > not block certain ports. Although the most common port to be blocked for > outbound mail is port 25 if not using the provider's SMTP server. But all > SMTP > servers are going to answer on port 25. > > The correct settings for Yahoo are (from: > > http://help.yahoo.com/kb/index?locale=en_US&page=content&y=PROD_MAIL_ML&id=SLN4724) > > > > > Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server - Requires TLS > > > > Server: smtp.mail.yahoo.com > > Port: 465 or 587 > > Requires SSL: Yes > > Requires authentication: Yes > > If your POP client doesn't offer TLS, you'll still be able to use SSL. > > > > Login info - Requires authentication > > > > Email address: Your full email address ([email protected] <javascript:>.) > > > Password: Your account's password. > > > I show all three ports responding: > > Starting Nmap 6.00 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2014-01-12 02:26 EST > Nmap scan report for smtp.mail.yahoo.com (98.138.105.21) > Host is up (0.038s latency). > Other addresses for smtp.mail.yahoo.com (not scanned): 98.139.211.125 > 63.250.193.228 > rDNS record for 98.138.105.21: vcs-smyc.mail.vip.ne1.yahoo.com > PORT STATE SERVICE > 25/tcp open smtp > 465/tcp open smtps > 587/tcp open submission > > But directly from my laptop, my provider blocks port 25: > > Starting Nmap 6.40 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2014-01-12 02:26 EST > Nmap scan report for smtp.mail.yahoo.com (98.139.211.125) > Host is up (0.032s latency). > Other addresses for smtp.mail.yahoo.com (not scanned): 98.138.105.21 > 63.250.193.228 > rDNS record for 98.139.211.125: vcs-smyc.mail.vip.bf1.yahoo.com > PORT STATE SERVICE > 25/tcp filtered smtp > 465/tcp open smtps > 587/tcp open submission > > IMAP server settings are here: > http://help.yahoo.com/kb/index?locale=en_US&page=content&id=SLN4075 > > IMAP is a much better option for incoming mail. > > live.com only appears to support ports 25 and 587: > > Starting Nmap 6.00 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2014-01-12 02:31 EST > Nmap scan report for smtp.live.com (65.55.162.200) > Host is up (0.033s latency). > PORT STATE SERVICE > 25/tcp open smtp > 465/tcp filtered smtps > 587/tcp open submission > > But they also require authentication. > http://www.firetrust.com/hotmail_pop3 > > Hopefully, this helps you. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the K-9 Mail Users List. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, email [email protected] To report an issue with K-9 Mail, visit http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/issues/list For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/k-9-mail --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "K-9 Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
