John Peach <john-na...@johnpeach.com> writes: > On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:06:02 +0200 > Bjørn Mork <bj...@mork.no> wrote: > >> It's common knowledge that 465 *was* smtps. A decade ago. But it has >> never gone anywhere, and it is way overdue for an "obsolete" tag. >> Everyone actually caring about SMTP over SSL are using STARTTLS on >> port 25 and 587. The faster we kill SMTPS the better. Keeping it in >> current /etc/services and the like is only going to confuse people. > > You obviously don't use a Blackberry with an imap(s) server.....
No, I obviously don't. But I'm eager to be educated: What the heck does imap(s) have to do with port 465/tcp? I can guess... I have also been frustrated while trying to configure all sorts of MUAs. But don't you think that you had been better off if the 465/tcp entry in /etc/services had been updated when it should, 5 years ago, on the system where that Blackberry MUA was developed? If you fix /etc/services today then maybe you don't have the same problem with your new Blackberry 5 years from now. Bjørn
