Re: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587?

From: Nils Ketelsen (no email)
Date: Tue Mar 01 2005 - 09:36:35 EST

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    On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 03:25:39PM +0100, Frank Louwers wrote:

    > 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"?

    I am in the lucky situation, where I decide, which providers my users get.

    Nils


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