Re: [exim] smarthost relay problems

Fred Viles wrote:

> On 21 Nov 2005 at 16:06, Rob Brenart wrote about
>     "Re: [exim] smarthost relay problems":

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> | Fred Viles wrote:
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> | > What machine is this exim running on? Is it connected to the
> | > Internet by an ISP that blocks outbound port 25?
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> | It's on my local server sitting under my desk... connected through SBC
> | DSL.. I didn't think port 25 was blocked, but I could be wrong
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> I think SBC has recently (for some value of "recent") started
> instituting port 25 blocking. Demonstrably, they are doing it in
> your case. Your smarthost definitely is listening on port 25, I can
> connect to it just fine.
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> I have no idea whether you can get SBC to remove the block for you.
> If you have dynamic IP, almost certainly not. If you have static IP,
> it may be worth a try.
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> Port 25 blocking (or worse, transparent proxying) is becoming very
> common these days, thanks to all the worms that turn PCs into spam
> zombies. Any mail server that wants to support relaying for external
> clients pretty much has to support connections on some other port.
> That's one of the things port 587 (the MSA, "Mail Submission Agent"
> port) is good for.
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> - Fred
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OK, then I'm sold... trying to do this port 587 thing right now... just
have to find how to do it :)

Thanks to all for the advice, hopefully this will be the solution, I'll
certainly let you know if it works