On 2005-02-16 at 02:38:53 Avi Yashar wrote: > I wonder, does it really make any great difference to me/anyone or > my/anyone's usability if this setting is "Secure to dedicated port" > rather than "Secure to regular port"? Presumably so, but I don't have > the technical knowledge to distinguish.
The idea is that with "Secure to regular port", you don't need to open up yet another hole in your firewall. Everything can simply go through trusty old port 25, and any mail client can just ask the server if it supports TLS. If so, they both switch to TLS dynamically.
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