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

From: David Lesher (no email)
Date: Tue Mar 01 2005 - 11:13:54 EST

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    Speaking on Deep Background, the Press Secretary whispered:
    >
    >
    > Okay, the main difference seems to be:
    >
    > 1. People here trust, that mailservers on port 587 will have
    > better configurations than mailservers on port 25 have today. I
    > do not share this positive attitude.

    Well, is authenticated SMTP 587 going to be worse than open port 25?
    I doubt it, but... In fact, I think most folks will do way
    better. Call that blind faith in the inhabitants of Middle Earth
    ^H^H^H NANOG....

    > 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.

    So you will choose hotels, conferences, etc, by whether or not they
    block 25?

    And coming soon.. airlines!

            "That's right: aisle seat, low-sodium meal
             and NO port 25 blocking..."

    I do well to find out if the above has access at all, esp. if dealing
    through a reseller [hotels.com, etc].

    -- 
    A host is a host from coast to 
    & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX
    Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
    is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
    

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