Re: incoming mail port 110 and 25?
On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 17:15 -0700, Jeff Lacki wrote: Hi, Im new to qpopper. Im running 4.0.8 on a fedora 3 box. After figuring most things out I think I have it working, to the extent that when I email from my off-site ISP to my fedora box, the incoming email seems to hit port 25, not 110 (as I have it configured to do via xinetd etc). I thought 110 was the 'standard' pop port? Can someone explain this or point me to some docs? When you send mail to the machine on which your POP3 server is running it is the SMTP server software on port 25 that receives it, not the POP3 server on port 110. The POP3 server on port 110 is only responsible for taking mail from the mail spool and uploading it to a POP3 client on your PC (or whatever). It doesn't receive mail from POP3 clients or from other mail servers, nor does it deliver mail to other mail servers. That is the responsibility of the SMTP server on port 25. -- Chip Old (Francis E. Old) E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BCPL Network AdministratorPhone: 410-887-6180 BCPL.NET Internet Services ManagerFAX: 410-887-2091 320 York Road Towson, MD 21204-5179 US
Re: incoming mail port 110 and 25?
> To: Subscribers of Qpopper > Subject: incoming mail port 110 and 25? > Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 17:15:32 -0700 (PDT) > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff Lacki) > > Hi, Im new to qpopper. Im running 4.0.8 on a fedora 3 box. > After figuring most things out I think I have it working, > to the extent that when I email from my off-site ISP to my > fedora box, the incoming email seems to hit port 25, not > 110 (as I have it configured to do via xinetd etc). > > I thought 110 was the 'standard' pop port? Can someone > explain this or point me to some docs? Incoming mail goes to port 25. Mail destined to go to a MAIL CLIENT goes out port 110. Port 25: server, Port 110 Client. > > Thanks, > Jeff > - Gregory Hicks | Principal Systems Engineer Cadence Design Systems | Direct: 408.576.3609 555 River Oaks Pkwy M/S 6B1 | Fax: 408.894.3479 San Jose, CA 95134 | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am perfectly capable of learning from my mistakes. I will surely learn a great deal today. "A democracy is a sheep and two wolves deciding on what to have for lunch. Freedom is a well armed sheep contesting the results of the decision." - Benjamin Franklin "The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed." --Alexander Hamilton
incoming mail port 110 and 25?
Hi, Im new to qpopper. Im running 4.0.8 on a fedora 3 box. After figuring most things out I think I have it working, to the extent that when I email from my off-site ISP to my fedora box, the incoming email seems to hit port 25, not 110 (as I have it configured to do via xinetd etc). I thought 110 was the 'standard' pop port? Can someone explain this or point me to some docs? Thanks, Jeff
