Re: [OT?] What's wrong with my exim4 configuration?

[Itay <debian@itayf.fastmail.fm>]

On Sun, 10 Nov 2013, Curt wrote:

> On 2013-11-10, Itay <debian@itayf.fastmail.fm> wrote:
>
> > R: smarthost for root@fastmail.fm
> > T: remote_smtp_smarthost for root@fastmail.fm
> > Connecting to mail.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.52]:25 ... failed:
>                                                       **?
> > Connection refused
>
> I thought it was port 465?

Indeed.  I entered 465 when answering dpkg-reconfigure questions.
This is also what is recorded in /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf:

	dc_smarthost='mail.messagingengine.com:465'

I don't understand why ':25' is appended, and what is the meaning 
of that.

Thanks,
Itay