[Exim] SRV records & non-standard SMTP port numbers

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Auteur: David Burton
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Aan: Philip Hazel
CC: exim-users
Oude Onderwerpen: Re: [Exim] literal domains in Exim 4 / local_domains_include_host_literals
Onderwerp: [Exim] SRV records & non-standard SMTP port numbers
ph10@??? (Philip Hazel) wrote:

> On Mon, 21 Jun 2004, Tony Finch wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 21 Jun 2004, David Burton wrote:
> > >
> > > Subject: Re: [Exim] literal domains in Exim 4 / local_domains_include_host_literals

...
> > > 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.


Interesting! Do you plan to enable Exim to use SRV records &
the associated port numbers?

-Dave