Re: [exim] sending mail from outside

John W. Baxter wrote:

> On 5/12/06 3:08 PM, "W B Hacker" <wbh@???> wrote:
>
>
>>Legacy/unofficial smpts port 465 (SSL) 'went away' per
>>IETF/ICANN re-assignment to Cisco for other use WEF February
>>2006, IIRC.
>
>
> 465 for smtps may have gone away, but people using Microsoft systems will
> still be attempting it for a decade or more.
>
> Does anyone here know whether Microsoft fixed this for Vista (in Outlook and
> Microsoft Mail which seems to be Outlook Express' new name? If not, make
> that two decades.
>
> --John (Vista-challenged--my laptop's BIOS isn't really XP compatible: I
> have little or no hope [or desire] for Vista. Longwait: the longer the
> wait the better.)
>
>
>

True enuf .. but that doesn't necessarily mean 465 needs to
continue to be in *Exim* defaults.

Easy enough to have Exim use alternate/extra ports (or not) w/o
altering any authenticator code.


Bill