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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587?
Speaking on Deep Background, the Press Secretary whispered: > > > Okay, the main difference seems to be: > > 1. People here trust, that mailservers on port 587 will have > better configurations than mailservers on port 25 have today. I > do not share this positive attitude. Well, is authenticated SMTP 587 going to be worse than open port 25? I doubt it, but... In fact, I think most folks will do way better. Call that blind faith in the inhabitants of Middle Earth ^H^H^H NANOG.... > 2. Port 587 Mailservers only make sense, when other Providers block > port 25. My point is: If my ISP blocks any outgoing port, he is no longer > an ISP I will buy service from. Therefore I do not need a 587-Mailserver, > as I do not use any ISP with Port 25-Blocking for connecting my sites or > users. So you will choose hotels, conferences, etc, by whether or not they block 25? And coming soon.. airlines! "That's right: aisle seat, low-sodium meal and NO port 25 blocking..." I do well to find out if the above has access at all, esp. if dealing through a reseller [hotels.com, etc]. -- A host is a host from coast to [email protected] & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
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