Re: Proposed changes: FTS-5001.006
  By: Michiel van der Vlist to Fred Riccio on Tue Mar 28 2017 10:46:29

 MV> On Monday March 27 2017 09:07, you wrote to All:

 FR>> There should be discussion regarding non-standard ports for email
 FR>> tunneling since many ISPs block the standard port, and it is not
 FR>> unheard of for fido nodes to run their own email servers.

 MV> Yes, there are Fidonet sysop who run their own e-mail server. But none
 MV> that I know of run them on a non standard port. IMHO runnning an e-mail
 MV> server on any port other than 25 is useless. The e-mail system simply does
 MV> not provide for using a port other than 25 for connecting to a server
 MV> without prior arrangement. If you have the misfortune that your ISP blocks
 MV> port 25 on incoming, your are out of luck. For outgoing one can often use
 MV> the ISPs e-mail server as a relay, but an incoming blocked port 25 is a
 MV> show stopper. 

  My isp block the port 25, in  and outgoing , i have a port forward from the
DNS  Problem Fix For this , Also have a real Email server , Email thru SBBS
is  not a Priority 

 MV> the ISPs e-mail server as a relay, but an incoming blocked port 25 is a
 MV> show stopper. 

     Yes it's

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