On 07/09/2012 04:23 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > Port 587 is SMTP or ESMTP over SSL. The connection is secured by SSL in the same > manner as HTTPS. HTTP uses port 80 while HTTPS uses 443. But the underlying > protocol is the same. Same goes here. > > AUTH is part of ESMTP and defined in rfc4954. It is an Authentication mechanism and > is available via non encrypted (port 25) or encrypted (port 587) connections to the > MTA. > > I don't know if that clears anything up for you..... Well.... What I just said should actually confuse you more.... :-) When I was typing Port 587 I was thinking about TLS which is port 465! Sorry about that..... I could make up an excuse....but nobody would believe me. :-) -- Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century. -- Dame Edna Everage -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
