At 12:45 AM 1/8/03 -0000, joe wrote: >I have a fairly good understanding of the tcp/ip model and i think i >understand what ports are for! but i cant understand that on my box, i have >the 2 default mail ports (25 and 110) open. Its a windows 2000 box, service >pack three. Im pretty sure im not running a mail server of any description. >
Port 25 is SMTP, and port 110 is POP3. Are you running Exchange server, or have IIS installed? IIS has basic mail services. Also, do you have Norton Antivirus? Earily versions of NAV E-Mail protection install a SMTP/POP proxy which might be what that is. Brian -------------------------------- Brian Bruns Founder, The Summit Open Source Development Group Open Solutions For A Closed World / Anti-Spam Resources http://www.2mbit.com ICQ: 8077511 No spam tolerated. By sending an e-mail to this account, your server may be subjected to an open relay/open proxy test as part of our ongoing efforts to reduce spam.
