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Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587?
From: just me <matt () snark net>
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:25:48 -0800 (PST)
On Fri, 25 Feb 2005, Frank Louwers wrote: The trick is to config port 587 in such a way that it ONLY accepts smtp-auth mail, not regular smtp. That way, virii/spam junk won't be able to use that port. What are you, stupid? The spammers have drone armies of machines with completely compromised operating systems. What makes you think that their mail credentials will be hard to obtain? matt ghali --matt () snark net------------------------------------------<darwin>< The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. - Edmund Burke
Current thread:
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587?, (continued)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Jason Frisvold (Feb 25)
- Internet Email Services Association ( wasRE: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587?) Michael . Dillon (Feb 25)
- Re: Internet Email Services Association ( wasRE: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587?) Suresh Ramasubramanian (Feb 25)
- Re: Internet Email Services Association ( wasRE: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587?) Michael . Dillon (Feb 25)
- The Terrible Secret of MAAWG (was Re: Internet Email Services Association ( wasRE: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587?)) J.D. Falk (Feb 25)
- Re: The Terrible Secret of MAAWG (was Re: Internet Email Services Association ( wasRE: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587?)) Suresh Ramasubramanian (Feb 25)
- Re: Internet Email Services Association ( wasRE: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587?) Niels Bakker (Feb 25)
- Re: Internet Email Services Association ( wasRE: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587?) Steven J. Sobol (Feb 26)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Eric A. Hall (Feb 25)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Frank Louwers (Feb 25)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? just me (Feb 25)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Christopher X. Candreva (Feb 25)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? just me (Feb 25)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Christopher X. Candreva (Feb 25)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Edward B. Dreger (Feb 25)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? just me (Feb 25)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? J.D. Falk (Feb 25)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? just me (Feb 25)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Sean Donelan (Feb 25)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Edward B. Dreger (Feb 26)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Adrian Chadd (Feb 25)