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Re: Finding a replacement for my ISP's smtp server



Ahoj,

Dňa Mon, 28 Jul 2014 18:37:54 +0100 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>
napísal:

> No need to be sorry. The simplification was fine. It's just that here
> mutt and other MUAs connect to exim for direct mail delivery. I wanted
> to clarify that servers can also be clients.

It is named as "with smarthost", it can be easy set by the
dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config dialog ;)

> > I want to point, that for end users is intended the 587 port, as
> > mentioned someone other too, and IMO it is not a good opinion to
> > suggest to try (check) the port 25, if the 587 is provided. Another
> > goal is, that there are some ISP, which don't
> > blocks/redirects/proxies the 587 port yet ;-)
> 
>   brian@desktop:~$ nmap -Pn mail.o2.co.uk
> 
>   Starting Nmap 6.00 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2014-07-28 18:30 BST
>   Nmap scan report for mail.o2.co.uk (82.132.141.69)
>   Host is up (0.047s latency).
>   Not shown: 998 filtered ports
>   PORT    STATE SERVICE
>   25/tcp  open  smtp
>   110/tcp open  pop3
> 
>   Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 7.61 seconds

Beware, port scan can be criminal in some countries...

> Whether they direct all outgoing port 25 trafic to their own server I
> do not know.

Try ask your email provider to enable 587 port, pointing to the
mentioned RFC ;)

> Your observation that ISPs could also interfere with port 587 doesn't
> cheer me up. :)

It is black side of the freedom...

regards

-- 
Slavko
http://slavino.sk

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