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Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587?
From: Frank Louwers <frank () openminds be>
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 15:25:39 +0100
On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 09:18:19AM -0500, Nils Ketelsen wrote:
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.
Here in Belgium, the two biggest end-user (broadband) ISPs block tcp/25. Are you going to tell your users: "sorry, you should have taken another another access isp, take one of the very few ones left that don't block"? Kind Regards, Frank Louwers -- Openminds bvba www.openminds.be Tweebruggenstraat 16 - 9000 Gent - Belgium
Current thread:
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Michael . Dillon (Feb 28)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Michael . Dillon (Feb 28)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Steven M. Bellovin (Feb 28)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Nils Ketelsen (Feb 28)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Valdis . Kletnieks (Feb 28)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Nils Ketelsen (Mar 01)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Frank Louwers (Mar 01)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Nils Ketelsen (Mar 01)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Valdis . Kletnieks (Mar 01)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Valdis . Kletnieks (Feb 28)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Valdis . Kletnieks (Mar 01)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Michael G (Mar 01)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Jason Frisvold (Mar 01)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? David Lesher (Mar 01)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Chris Horry (Mar 01)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Stephen Fulton (Mar 01)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? David Lesher (Mar 01)
- Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587? Jim Popovitch (Mar 01)