Why do so few mail providers support Port 587?

Sun Feb 27 01:42:40 UTC 2005

SD> Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 00:24:16 -0500 (EST)
SD> From: Sean Donelan

SD> Sigh, if even the network professionals have difficulty understanding
SD> how things work, what hope is there for the rest of the users.

Funny you should say that.  I frequently comment that the average
"service provider" of today is less competent and more apathetic than
the average end user of a decade ago.

I'd absolutely _love_ to be proven wrong.

Eddy
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