Hi Jeremy, On Fri, 11 Jul 2014 15:35:54 +1000 Jeremy Visser <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 11/07/14 14:27, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > > Well, if for no other reason than that many ISPs insist that you use > > their mail server for outgoing email > > Who does this? I would invite you to name-and-shame them. > > But before you do so, check that you are sending outbound as port 587 > (STARTTLS) or 465 (TLS). It's common for providers to block port 25 due > to rampant abuse, but as all port 587 or 465 based services are > authenticated relays, there is no need to block this.
Of course I was referring to port 25. Quite a lot of popular mail clients still prefer to send email to a server on that port. Did you miss the bit where I said that "most of them are not very tech savvy". I volunteer with a local community group (ex small ISP) that provides email service for its members and we have had an enormous amount of trouble just trying to get them all to use any sort of SSL/TLS to talk to our server. Every mail client seems to configure it differently and uses different terminology. :-( And some clients don't seem to have even heard of port 587 - STARTTLS was only originally codified in 1998, made a draft standard in 2006 and standardised in 2011. Imagine using such new fangled stuff! :-) As an aside: you are aware that SMTPS over port 465 was withdrawn in 1998 (the year after it was originally assigned), and 465 never *required* authentication (in fact it could be used by MTAs to communicate). -- Cheers, Stephen Rothwell
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