On Mon, 21 Jun 2004, Tony Finch wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Jun 2004, David Burton wrote:
> >
> > P.S. -- Am I correct in concluding that there is no way to
> > directly address email to a server on a port other than
> > port 25, and that the only way email can be sent to a server
> > that is listening on an alternate port is if a port forwarder
> > or specially configured forwarding mail server forwards it
> > there, and that syntaxes like user@[209.170.129.106:26] or
> > user@???:26 are illegal, and MX records cannot
> > refer to a port number?
>
> correct
This is probably a red herring: SRV records can refer to a port number.
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