Some Unix server allow port forward. I use xinetd on my Linux box. ----- Original Message ----- From: "J Malcolm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'James Users List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 5:17 AM Subject: RE: Running SMTP on 2 ports simultaneously?
> I thought about the port forwarding idea. But I don't control the firewall > (co-lo'd at some location in Virginia...) Is there some little shareware > product somewhere that will simply reroute all incoming stuff on port 1000 > to port 25? > > Jerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Short [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 12:48 PM > To: James Users List > Subject: RE: Running SMTP on 2 ports simultaneously? > > Can't you use port forwarding on your firewall to forward incoming > requests for port 25 to your port 10000, so your James instance only > needs to listen on post 10000. > > The other possiblity would be to find an SMTP proxy server of some sort. > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: J Malcolm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 10:36 AM > To: 'James Users List' > Subject: RE: Running SMTP on 2 ports simultaneously? > > The issue is portability. It's a pain to have to go into outlook and > change the SMTP server configuration every day when you come into the > office, then change it again when you leave. > > It's not that they 'want' you to use their server. Just don't want you > using port 25. Problems w/ viruses getting on machines and spamming out > through port 25. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Serge Knystautas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 12:20 PM > To: James Users List > Subject: Re: Running SMTP on 2 ports simultaneously? > > J Malcolm wrote: > > A client's company just shut down outbound port 25 on their firewall, > which > > means this client can no longer get to my SMTP server. I know I could > > > change ports on the SMTP server, but that breaks all the other clients > > > who expect port 25. I need to run an instance of SMTP on 25 and > > another parallel instance on port 10000 or some random port that isn't > blocked. > > What is the best way to do this? > > Typically if an ISP blocks outbound port 25 it's because they need to > use the ISP's outgoing mail server. Is there a reason they couldn't > just use the ISP's outgoing mail server and then leave your mail server > running on port 25 to receive emails? > > -- > Serge Knystautas > 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] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
