Re: [Dovecot] change smtp port

2012-01-24 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2012-01-23 11:14 AM, Noel noeld...@gmail.com wrote: If your problem is that your Internet Service Provider is blocking port 25, you can contact them. Some ISPs will unblock port 25 on request, or might even have an online form you can fill out. The OP specifically said that *he* had

Re: [Dovecot] change smtp port

2012-01-24 Thread Jacek Osiecki
On Tue, 24 Jan 2012, Charles Marcus wrote: On 2012-01-23 11:14 AM, Noel noeld...@gmail.com wrote: If your problem is that your Internet Service Provider is blocking port 25, you can contact them. Some ISPs will unblock port 25 on request, or might even have an online form you can fill out.

Re: [Dovecot] change smtp port

2012-01-24 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2012-01-24 6:51 AM, Jacek Osiecki jos...@hybrid.pl wrote: On Tue, 24 Jan 2012, Charles Marcus wrote: On 2012-01-23 11:14 AM, Noel noeld...@gmail.com wrote: If your problem is that your Internet Service Provider is blocking port 25, you can contact them. Some ISPs will unblock port 25 on

Re: [Dovecot] change smtp port

2012-01-24 Thread Amira Othman
- From: dovecot-boun...@dovecot.org [mailto:dovecot-boun...@dovecot.org] On Behalf Of Charles Marcus Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 2:19 PM To: dovecot@dovecot.org Subject: Re: [Dovecot] change smtp port On 2012-01-24 6:51 AM, Jacek Osiecki jos...@hybrid.pl wrote: On Tue, 24 Jan 2012, Charles Marcus

Re: [Dovecot] change smtp port

2012-01-24 Thread Noel
On 1/24/2012 5:23 AM, Charles Marcus wrote: On 2012-01-23 11:14 AM, Noel noeld...@gmail.com wrote: If your problem is that your Internet Service Provider is blocking port 25, you can contact them. Some ISPs will unblock port 25 on request, or might even have an online form you can fill out.

Re: [Dovecot] change smtp port

2012-01-24 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2012-01-24 7:51 AM, Amira Othman a.oth...@cairosource.com wrote: Thanks for reply The problem that ISP for some reason port 25 is not stable and refuse connection for several times so I tried to change port to 587 instead of 25 to keep sending emails. And I though that I can stop using port

Re: [Dovecot] change smtp port

2012-01-24 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2012-01-24 8:39 AM, Noel noeld...@gmail.com wrote: On 1/24/2012 5:23 AM, Charles Marcus wrote: The OP specifically said that *he* had changed the port from 25 to 587... ... because port 25 didn't work. For *sending*... And his complaint was that changing the port for the main smtpd

Re: [Dovecot] change smtp port

2012-01-23 Thread Giles Coochey
On 2012-01-23 14:30, Amira Othman wrote: Hi all I am using postfix 2.8 with dovecot-1.2.17-0_116.el5 on cento 5.7 server . when I changed smtp port from 25 to 587 from postfix configuration my mail server stops to receive emails. I think it sounds strange and I don't understand why this

Re: [Dovecot] change smtp port

2012-01-23 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Amira Othman a.oth...@cairosource.com: Hi all I am using postfix 2.8 with dovecot-1.2.17-0_116.el5 on cento 5.7 server . when I changed smtp port from 25 to 587 from postfix configuration my mail server stops to receive emails. That's normal. I think it sounds strange and I don't

Re: [Dovecot] change smtp port

2012-01-23 Thread Amira Othman
And there is no way to receive incoming emails not on port 25 ? Hi all I am using postfix 2.8 with dovecot-1.2.17-0_116.el5 on cento 5.7 server . when I changed smtp port from 25 to 587 from postfix configuration my mail server stops to receive emails. That's normal. I think it sounds

Re: [Dovecot] change smtp port

2012-01-23 Thread Giles Coochey
On 2012-01-23 14:38, Amira Othman wrote: And there is no way to receive incoming emails not on port 25 ? No. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Mail_Transfer_Protocol

Re: [Dovecot] change smtp port

2012-01-23 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2012-01-23 9:41 AM, Giles Coochey gi...@coochey.net wrote: On 2012-01-23 14:38, Amira Othman wrote: And there is no way to receive incoming emails not on port 25 ? No. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Mail_Transfer_Protocol Well, not precisely correct... You *could* use a router

Re: [Dovecot] change smtp port

2012-01-23 Thread Giles Coochey
On 2012-01-23 14:50, Charles Marcus wrote: On 2012-01-23 9:41 AM, Giles Coochey gi...@coochey.net wrote: On 2012-01-23 14:38, Amira Othman wrote: And there is no way to receive incoming emails not on port 25 ? No. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Mail_Transfer_Protocol Well, not

Re: [Dovecot] change smtp port

2012-01-23 Thread Noel
On 1/23/2012 8:38 AM, Amira Othman wrote: And there is no way to receive incoming emails not on port 25 ? You can't randomly change the port you receive mail on because external MTAs have no way to find what port you're using. They will *always* use port 25 and nothing else. If your problem