Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 11:19:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Marc W <mwlist@lanfear.com> To: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>, Daniel Mester <DanielM@EverAd.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 587/tcp ? Message-ID: <200104031819.LAA61520@akira.lanfear.com>
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> > what is the service using "submission 587/tcp"?
>
> It's for the submission of smtp-email (maybe other email too), so
> that port 25 will be used for talking between MTAs and port 587
> will be used for talking between MUA and MTA's.
>
> MUA: Mail User Agent, your mailreader
> MTA: Mail Transfer Agent, postfix/sendmail et al
So was it true at some point in time that MUAs should connect to
port 587 for SMTP instead of port 25, or does a MTA like Sendmail know
to move to port 587 when an MUA connects?
marc.
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