Re: Updating mailing list address timeout

Barry Fishman <[email protected]> writes:

> When trying to re-register gmane.org.user-group.golug with a new
> mailing address of [email protected], it fails with a timeout error.
>
> It seems that Exim (the MTA) intentionally throttles smtp (port 25)
> connections but wants SMARTTLS connections on submission (587).
>
> Is it possible for gmane to accept another port?

I'm not sure what you're referring to -- Exim doesn't (by default)
throttle anything.

If you're talking about the gmane.io submission page, it will try to
test the existence of your mail address and the mailing list address via
SMTP.