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Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587?
From: Nils Ketelsen <nils.ketelsen () kuehne-nagel com>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 16:08:42 -0500
On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 09:00:11PM -0500, Sean Donelan wrote:
Although RFC2476 was published in December 1998, its amazing how few mail providers support the Message Submission protocol for e-mail on Port 587. Even odder, some mail providers use other ports such as 26 or 2525, but not the RFC recommended Port 587 for remote authenticated mail access for users.
I can not say anything about other providers, but I don't do it for a simple reason: I think it is completely pointless.
What can be done to encourage universities and other mail providers with large roaming user populations to support RFC2476/Port 587?
Give a good reason. That is still the missing part. Nils
Current thread:
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587?, (continued)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Steve Sobol (Feb 15)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Owen DeLong (Feb 16)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Joe Maimon (Feb 16)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Chip Mefford (Feb 16)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Daniel Senie (Feb 15)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Steve Sobol (Feb 15)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Sean Donelan (Feb 16)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Florian Weimer (Feb 19)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? J.D. Falk (Feb 19)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Sean Donelan (Feb 19)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Florian Weimer (Feb 19)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Nils Ketelsen (Feb 24)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Florian Weimer (Feb 24)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Valdis . Kletnieks (Feb 24)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Nils Ketelsen (Feb 24)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Valdis . Kletnieks (Feb 24)
- RE: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? andrew2 (Feb 24)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Joe Maimon (Feb 24)
- RE: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Jim Popovitch (Feb 24)
- RE: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Smoot Carl-Mitchell (Feb 24)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Nils Ketelsen (Feb 25)
- RE: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? andrew2 (Feb 25)