>> Starting with nmh 1.7, nmh defaults to port 587 instead of 25 for SMTP >> submission. > >Personally I think this was a mistake. SMTP is port 25, SUBMISSION is >port 587. If something says SMTP, what comes to mind is port 25, not >587.
Sigh. I understand why you would say that, but think about nmh's role. 587 is the port that is supposed to be used by MUAs to submit mail. nmh is a MUA; it seems perfectly logical to me that the default that is used by nmh is the submission port. Yes, the PROTOCOL that is being spoken over port 587 is SMTP, but that doesn't seem relevant to the appropriate default. Also, super-common to have ISPs blocking outgoing port 25 to prevent compromised PCs from acting as spam generators; port 587 is your only option here. --Ken _______________________________________________ Exmh-users mailing list Exmh-users@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/exmh-users
