Lazy network operators

Wed Apr 14 14:31:02 UTC 2004

On Wed, 14 Apr 2004, Joe Abley wrote:

: > That was solved 6 years ago. You let them use port 587 instead of 25.
: > http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2476.html

: Several graphical, consumer-grade mail clients let you select a port
: for "outgoing mail (SMTP)" and also have a checkbox for "use a secure
: connection (SSL)".

: If (port != 25 && use_ssl) the client will assume an SSL-wrapped SMTP
: server on the other end, and will not use STARTTLS.

: I thought I'd mention it.

You forgot to name the clients in question, since you're trying to help out
helpdesks here.  I'm sure several folks would like to know the real details.

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