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By: Ben Wong

Ben Wong — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 04:53:02 +0000

Thanks Glen, that was is excellent link.
Prompted me to look more into port 587.

By: Glen

Glen — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 03:48:21 +0000

Telus (so far) allows SMTP on port 587. Here is a link to a Telus posting on the subject: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10617362?hilite=587

By: Luke

Luke — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 01:23:45 +0000

We do have an authenticated server on a different port (587) but that is sometimes blocked too on certain corporate networks. Perhaps having a backup SMTP on port 23 could be a good idea.

By: Ben Wong

Ben Wong — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:56:59 +0000

@Luke:

True, it is a solution to a problem created by another solution. However, everything spam related is not an ideal solution. Ideally, there won’t be any zombie spam bots right?

Telus has a good balance. Home DSL users get no SMTP outgoing except to their SMTP server. I’m sure millions of spams a day are being blocked by this.

For people traveling, I would recommend an SSL secured, authenticated SMTP server. I think an IT department should accommodate the needs of their users. I used to be a techie that was unbending in following “proper” and “ideal” solutions. I’ve found balance to be more realistic.

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By: Luke

Luke — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 08:45:16 +0000

That is a good idea, but once again – it is a solution to a problem created by another solution. Not the ideal situation.

Furthermore not everyone has a full control over the SMTP server. Sometimes company policy or uncooperative IT department may insist on using the standard SMTP port…

By: Ben Wong

Ben Wong — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 02:49:23 +0000

We used to have that problem as well. I set up our authenticated SMTP server so that it listens on ports 21 (FTP) and 23 (Telnet). This has worked quite well. I haven’t had any problems or service reports back.

I run qmail so it’s pretty easy for me to run another qmail-smtp process that listens on those other ports. ISPs like Telus would never block Telnet or FTP and spammers can’t use those ports to send out emails from zombie machines.

Plus every email client I’ve seen has the ability to set the SMTP port of the outgoing server.