On Fri, 2004-10-08 at 10:19 -0700, Thomas Spuhler wrote: > I need to authenticate clients (traveling salesmen) when sending e-mail. > (I want to move away from pop-before-smtp and want to use sasl > authentication.) > The setup seems to work from the local network (clicking on check > supported types gives me the installed choices) and I can send e-mails. > However not so from the outside. It's probably a closed port problem. > which ports need to be open for this to work?
This depends on how things are set up. The possibilities are:- * Port 25 (traditional SMTP). Some ISPs and other organisations (ie Universities) block this - do not let direct SMTP out from their network (other than from specifically authorised machines). * Port 587 (MSA port), which is specifically designed for clients to send authorised SMTP through servers. This is by far the best one to use, however Outlook has problems since this port should be normal SMTP which you then (optionally) negotiate STARTTLS with to do encryption, and Outlook assumes everything bar port 25 is for SSMTP * Port 465 SSMTP (ie SMTP over SSL). If you are purely using evolution then I would suggest you set up your SMTP daemon to additionally listen on 587 (with a different set of rules - ie must authenticate, and probably must use TLS, may relay), and configure all evolution clients to send out via 587. If you are stuck with other systems you may need 465 as well. Nigel. -- [ Nigel Metheringham [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] [ - Comments in this message are my own and not ITO opinion/policy - ] _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution