In fact, TLS/SSL support in James is useful for protecting POP3 and SMTP activity between James and a mail client like Outlook, where you can specify that "this server requires authentication" and the port numbers for both protocols. We use it for the internal communications in the company, to avoid internal sniffing of confidential messages.
Vincenzo > -----Original Message----- > From: Serge Knystautas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: mercoledi 3 settembre 2003 0.22 > To: James Users List > Subject: Re: James, SSL and outside-world server > > > Webmaster wrote: > > I tried to swich to SSL (POP3 and SMTP) - set all as > documented, pop3 at 995 > > and smtp at 465 (with authorization) - everything went ok, but > worked only > > LOCALLY. > > It means - I send and receive maile within my domain, could > send mails to > > the outside world, but COULDN'T receive mail from outside world. > > It turned out that when I created additional "plain" smtp > service at port > > 25, I suddenly started to receive mails from the outside world. > > > > Could someone tell me what is going on? > > Yes, everyone is trying to connect to port 25, and it is closed. > > Changing a setting in James is not going to tell all the other mail > servers out there to connect on a non-standard/encrypted port. SSL > isn't accepted for ad-hoc SMTP server-server communication... just > client-server or specific server-server setups. > > -- > Serge Knystautas > President > Lokitech >> software . strategy . design >> http://www.lokitech.com > p. 301.656.5501 > e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
