Am 09.12.2011 03:44, schrieb Philip Prindeville: > On 12/8/11 5:33 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: >> >>> Got it. I misunderstood you before. May I ask why using 465 for >>> Thunderbird and Squirrelmail would be better than 587 for Thunderbird >>> and 25 for Squirrelmail talking to localhost? >> >> there is no better >> configure a server as YOU need >> > > Well, there *is* better. > > 587 is an IANA officially assigned port number. 465 never was. > The Internet runs on people following specifications correctly.
well, as long thunderbird offers STARTTLS or SSL and for SSL 465 as default and as long 465 does not eat anybodys children.... using which port for which service is not really that bad thing since only the clients have to know where to connect adn only 24 is mandatory for incoming mail
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