Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 07:04:26 -0500 From: "Otter" <otterr@telocity.com> To: <cjclark@alum.mit.edu>, "blaz" <blaz@satx.rr.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: port 587 Message-ID: <HLEDJBJKDDPDJBMGCLPPCEOKCOAA.otterr@telocity.com> In-Reply-To: <20010108235601.L95729@rfx-64-6-211-149.users.reflexco>
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...and all this time I thought it was just the foundation for FreeBDSM! =] -Otter }-----Original Message----- }From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG }[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of }Crist J. Clark }Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 2:56 AM }To: blaz }Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG }Subject: Re: port 587 } } }On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 11:26:39PM -0600, blaz wrote: }> greetings, }> }> when doing a netstat -a| grep LISTEN, I obtain the following: }> }> Port State Service }> 22/tcp open ssh }> 25/tcp open smtp }> 110/tcp open pop-3 }> 587/tcp open submission }> }> }> what the hell is 587? and do I need it? } }EMail "submission." You might not need it now, but perhaps someday }mail clients will submit there. See the release notes for your }sendmail for details. The basic idea is that email clients should not }really be using the same port for submitting mail that MTAs use to }transfer between sites. } }Have a look at sockstat(1) to convince yourself it is sendmail. }-- }Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu } } }To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org }with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message } To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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