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[Peter Fairbrother]

Chris Edwards wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Apr 2008, Peter Fairbrother wrote:
> 
> | In fact it is getting to the stage where there _aren't_ plenty of ISPs 
> | who permit port 25 traffic.
> 
> Good news.
> 
> 
> | One question, when you send an email to a relaying mail server, perhaps
> | operated by your ISP, where the mail server is the SMTP client rather than
> | you, what port number does the communication between you and the mail server
> | use?
> 
> Don't quite follow - can you explain a little more ?
> 
> If you send mail then you're the client and the destination server is the 
> server.
> 
> The new(ish) mail submission stuff is documented in RFC 5068.  Happy to 
> try and answer any questions.


Sendmail can send mail direct to someone's server, outlook can't it has 
to go through a mail server (MTA).

If you use sendmail then you are the SMTP client - if you use outlook 
then you aren't, the mailserver you use is.

Or so I understand it.

-- Peter Fairbrother