On Sep 27, 2010, at 9:30 AM, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > On 10-09-27 7:20 AM, Robert E. Seastrom wrote: >> "Cannot establish SSL with SMTP server 67.202.37.63:465" does not >> sound like a 587 problem to me. >> >> netalyzr folks? comment? > > Sorry, I hit send too soon ... > > I've heard from a couple of people that the PIX will remap 587 (and 25) > to oddball ports if you fiddle the config just right. Given all the > other bogosity that box does with SMTP I wonder if there's truth to the > rumour. (I haven't found anyone who can reproduce this on demand, so > it's still apocryphal for now.)
465 is not an odd-ball port, it's the standard well-known port for STMPS. Fortunately, few people actually use SMTPS, preferring instead to do their security via TLS using the STARTTLS model after connecting to 25/587. Owen
