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Re: [LUG] Sending emails

 

On Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:09:23 +0100
Neil Winchurst <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello Neil,

>Meanwhile, just out of interest, is there any significance in which
>port is set up? I don't really understand what difference it would

Yes.  Port 25 is for plain SMTP.  Port 587 is for an SSL SMTP
connection.  If you connect on port 587 without using SSL, the send will
fail.

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