Re: SMTP/AUTH before greylist problem

Dave Warren <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.mail.spam.greylist.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Bob Beck wrote:

>* Dave Warren <[email protected]> [2005-08-03 13:01]:
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>
>>Bob Beck wrote:
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>>>	I find it a far simpler practice to simply tell people
>>>that port 25 is not used for submission. It causes way less support
>>>headaches when some knuckle dragger ends up somwehre with port 25 
>>>blocked.
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>Agreed.  However, there is also the support costs of walking people 
>>through changing the port every time they set up their mail client 
>>rather then just when they travel (or whatever)
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>	That's because you continue to sanction the use of port 25
>for a mail client. make them use 587 *everywhere*, whether on the road
>or not.
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No -- The problem is that *every single time* they configure their mail 
client they have to change the port from 25 to 587.  This results in a 
support cost every time a user needs their client configured.

My instructions have used 587 since the day I added support on my mail 
server, but most people still use 25 because they simply don't bother to 
go into the Advanced options to configure anything even if the 
instructions tell them to do so.

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