Hey P.V, I don't know of any spammers that check for multiple ports. I don't think there is anything to worry about. However smtp is in full force, so you will be able to receive on that port as well as send.
Erik On 3/22/06, P.V.Anthony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > P.V.Anthony wrote: > > Erik Espinoza wrote: > >> Indeed. I run on port 465/tcp with ssl. That way my dyn clients are > >> required to use ssl. > > > > Thank you for the idea. > > > > For my situation, I will go with auth smtp on another port. > > > I have started another smtp service, without rbl, on a non standard port. The > new smtp service has auth-smtp so only authenticated users can relay. It is > working well. > > Now for my next question. Is it possible for this new smtp service to not to > take in any messages at all? That means to say, even if some server were to > send > any email to the new port, it will not take it and delivery. So spammers will > not be able to send spam to my users using the new port. Since there is no rbl > on this smtp service. > > So the only function for the new smtp service is to only accept emails from > authenticated users and no one else. > > I hope I was clear in the request. > > Please do advice. > > P.V.Anthony > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
